In this edition of the NSCHBC Edge Podcast, Terry Fletcher invites NSHCBC members Vinod Sankaran and Misty Haralson for an RCM Round table discussion.

Hear fellow healthcare consultants in the RCM space discuss physician and dental practice pain points and how to be efficient in your Revenue Cycle Management efforts.

Staffing shortages affect employee morale, delay patient care, and cause clinician burnout. With the rising inflation, care cost is also increasing significantly. Click here to learn more.

Claim denials, a chief cause of revenue loss to healthcare practices, are rising across payer types. A primary source of denials is on account of coding-related denials. A comprehensive and focused denial management and appeals strategy will help reduce this revenue loss.

With rising consumerism, patients have increasing responsibility for payments. The growth of high deductible health plans (HDHPs) is a clear indicator of this trend. It is important to clearly understand the patient's responsibility for payments upfront and determine coverage. Click here to read the entire article.

On 17th May 2022, Medical Billing Wholesalers was awarded the Platinum award for the Best Rewards and recognition program. Babitha Margaret, our head of HR, received the award at the exclusive HR Distinction Award in New Delhi.

Healthcare providers must focus on delivering high-quality care while the revenue cycle team manages the reimbursements. Outsourcing accounts receivable and denial management processes to a seasoned outsourced revenue cycle services provider can minimize revenue loss and improve financial outcomes. Click here to view some of the strategies to minimize revenue loss.

A revenue cycle CFO faces multiple challenges - Declining reimbursements, the need to find money to make investments in technology and automation, and the massive shortage of qualified revenue cycle labor.

Accounts Receivable (A/R) status has moved from calls to portals. We see increasing relevance for chatbots using conversational artificial intelligence (AI) in A/R and denial management filing. Click here to read more.

When clinicians handle the billing themselves, they spend considerable time, money, and effort on administrative tasks rather than doing what they do best-providing outstanding medical care. Trained and specialized Radiology Billing specialists understand the changing rules and regulations for specialties and the nuances of payer-specific guidelines in their respective regions.

The Healthcare Business Management Association (HBMA) healthcare innovation workshop was held on March 20, 2022, in New Orleans. This year's theme was "Increasing Efficiency in Revenue Cycle Management through innovation. Our CEO, Vinod Sankaran, addressed healthcare industry leaders and revenue cycle experts on "Automation/Changes in Revenue Cycle 2022 & Beyond".

The impact on the healthcare RCM (Revenue Cycle Management) the year 2021 had is one of the things that is not expected to reverse any time soon or ever. The following changes in the healthcare system have posed the biggest challenges to RCM:

Cardiology coding requires the knowledge of catheter-based techniques to diagnose and treat coronary artery disease and congenital heart defects. Click here to download cardiology coding guidelines & best practices.

For medical practices, the practice management software is their lifeline. It helps them register patients, manage appointments, contract with payers, submit claims, and obtain reimbursements for the services they provide. Please scroll below to learn more about few leading practice management softwares.

Tech, investments, and coding automation are some of the themes that will drive the RCM momentum in 2022 and beyond. Read more about the key RCM trends in this whitepaper.

KPIs in RCM plays a pivotal role, as they help drive data-driven decision-making and creating business transformation projects. Whether you are running a physician practice or a hospital, adhering to the 6 KPIs listed below enables you to keep your revenue cycle in control. By Measuring and monitoring these KPIs, you will be able to extract the most out of your revenue cycle and find the much-needed cash to invest in technology and patient care.

Reducing reimbursement rates, increasing infrastructure costs, and shifts in payer mix create challenges for radiology practices. Download this guide on Radiology Best Practices to learn more.

This article describes how the MBW accounts receivable and calling team worked to fix the problem in submitting the primary claims to Indiana Medicaid by looking for an alternative way to submit the claims, thereby preventing timely filing issues and obtaining payment duly.

RCM for Specialty healthcare can be daunting to most healthcare organizations, considering the frequent changes in regulations. In addition, it can be complex as it requires attention to financial & administrative challenges that usually have a hyperbolic effect on its financial stability. This article brings you a few revenue cycle management challenges in Specialty Healthcare and a few tools & strategies to overcome them.

Oncology coding requires the knowledge of medical treatment, surgical treatment, snd radiation therapy, and they should be well versed with these areas. Download this guide on Oncology Best Practices to learn more.

Practitioners working on the healthcare revenue cycle need to be conscious of multiple state-specific rules and payer-specific nuances to be successful. AI can help simplify the complexities of today's revenue cycle. The usage of AI in RCM can be a gamechanger and help healthcare entities improve patient experience, improve collections, improve compliance, and reduce their RCM team members' workload. This article will help you understand the use cases for applying artificial intelligence in the revenue cycle.