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Oct 20, 2013 | Greg Reid

The hospital chargemaster assumed a new role in 2013 – that of a villain in the story of the already high and growing costs of ...

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Aug 20, 2013 | Greg Reid

Audits inevitable, poor results are not

Put to rest any hopes that Recovery Audit Contractors, or RACs, will be going away anytime soon.

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Jul 25, 2013 | Greg Reid

Managing a workforce to peak efficiency

Balancing the myriad concerns of a hospital’s workforce is no easy task. Challenges aside, however, it’s a balance worth ...

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Jun 01, 2013 | Greg Reid

Building change on a solid foundation

A recent report by Frost & Sullivan found that the market for revenue cycle management applications and services will grow ...

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Apr 15, 2013 | Greg Reid

Billing joins interoperability talk

Between the federal deadline regarding electronic health records and the shift toward accountable care organizations, the call ...

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Apr 15, 2013 | Greg Reid

New environment, new approaches

While the Great Recession has ended, it’s anything but back to business-as-usual for strategic and financial planners in the ...

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Mar 11, 2013 | Greg Reid

Changing the landscape of hospital business

How are the financial regulations associated with the Affordable Care Act changing the landscape of hospital business ...

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Mar 11, 2013 | Greg Reid

Data security and breach prevention

Your organization likely will experience a data breach of some kind. And when it does, people will want to know, what you were ...

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Feb 01, 2013 | Greg Reid

Business intelligence tools help hospitals improve efficiency

When it comes to improving your organization's patient flow, choosing the right tools is as ...

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Nov 07, 2012 | Greg Reid

Analytics sharpen focus on self-pay consumer trends

Maria Conte is in favor of any tool that makes life at the office easier. Conte and her team of 20 manage the ...

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Once-failing hospitals say accountability, transparency key to surviving fallout from failing patient safety grades When Leapfrog released their Spring 2016 patient safety grades recently, 15 hospitals got slapped with a very public 'F' grade casting a spotlight on them that no institution wants. ...

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Gaining Actionable Insight into Financial Systems and Areas Impacting the Revenue Cycle Hospital systems across the country are looking to streamline their billing and collection processes to become more efficient and better compete in their markets. The challenge many face is how to turn the data ...

Credible, Defensible Estimates In healthcare, every interaction with the patient matters. Especially in today’s environment of continuous improvement, efforts have been concentrated on coordination among providers, the patient care experience and quality outcomes – all laudable goals.

Clinical Quality Measures 101 Although quality-reporting programs such as meaningful use provide incentives to help providers implement and use electronic health records (EHRs) to collect and report on clinical data, practices often need help deciding what data to collect, which measures to report ...

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