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The impact of patient satisfaction on your revenue cycle

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The value you offer patients has a direct effect on the revenue you collect. This applies to all healthcare organizations,…

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Skilled Nursing and Infection Prevention: 3 Strategies to Start Using Right Away

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Infection prevention is never done - it's a daily effort to prepare for, monitor, and treat infections. However, the tips…

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Continuing the care cycle: 3 things you can learn from tracking patient data

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Patient care is an ongoing effort. Its success relies heavily on regular caretaker interventions, and it's partially dependent on how…

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3 Healthcare IT trends to watch this year

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It's easy to see how the relationship between technology and healthcare can benefit providers and patients in theory. But, it's…

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How to Integrate Value-Based Quality Care Into Operations

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As healthcare continues to embrace value-based quality care, it's increasingly important for organization leaders to be on-trend.

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How Health IT Improves Patient, Provider, and Payer Experiences

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Manual processes increase the risk that a healthcare organization wastes time, makes mistakes and misses out on potential earnings. They…

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Why more utilization of data can lead to fewer denied claims

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Denied claims negatively impact your financial performance, put more stress on your billers and hinder the patient experience. However, most…

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3 ways to make your eligibility verification process more efficient

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Eligibility verification is the first step in the revenue cycle and arguably, the most important. Without an efficient verification process,…

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How to reduce A/R days and increase revenue cycle management efficiency

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Eligibility verification is the first step in the revenue cycle and arguably, the most important. Without an efficient verification process,…

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4 Infection Prevention and Control Tips to Use in Your Organization

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There's more to maintaining the health of your patients than treating them for their existing conditions. Providing a high level…

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Better Team Management to Cut Overtime and Understaffing

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Working overtime hurts employee morale. It causes staff burnout and hinders the patient experience, which can also occur when you…

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Coverage Rights and Payment Responsibility | Patient Education

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Many healthcare consumers experience confusion and stress regarding their insurance coverage and payment responsibilities. They often have questions about when…

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Clean it up: 3 tips to transform your claims efficiency

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All healthcare providers want clean claims, but not all billing teams have the right tools and practices to operate efficiently.…

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The high cost of not resubmitting denied low-value claims

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Most billers would rather work on fresh claims than to go back and forth with payers to settle denied or…

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More money, less hassle: A closer look at the value of advanced payment practices

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A high-performing billing office is one that rarely sees denied or rejected claims, makes few mistakes and has a thorough…

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3 staff retention strategies you need to start using

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As of 2017, the average rate of healthcare staff turnover was 20.6% a number calculated out of 11 million employees in an…

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3 billing mistakes you can’t afford to make anymore

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It's hard to grow your business if it takes forever to process claims. The longer you wait for payments to…

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From paper to digital: Key steps to take in your transition to an automated workflow

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The first step in transitioning to an automated workflow is recognizing the need to move on from manual tasks. But,…

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Questions to Ask When Choosing a Healthcare Software Vendor

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You've decided it's time to lighten up your workflow and invest in outsourced processes, now what?

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Is medical billing outsourcing right for you?

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It's no secret that you need an efficient medical billing process to succeed. However, just because the process you currently…

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4 unique ways to enhance the patient experience in your organization

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No matter how advanced medical tools and treatments become, human interactions will continue to play an integral role in healthcare.…

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Patient-Centered Care: Navigating Cost-of-Care Discussions

Healthcare spending has reached astronomical figures, exceeding $3 trillion a year and straining the budgets of patients, according to CMS.…

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Not sure how patient pay trends are changing? Find out here

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The smaller the gap between when you render services and when you get paid, the better. With so many potential…

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Discover the Power of Workforce Optimization: 5 Benefits You Can’t Ignore

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If you were to look up the definition of workforce optimization, you'd get various long-ended explanations. You'd find yourself stuck…

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How to improve your revenue cycle management process

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How well you manage your revenue cycle has a direct effect on your bottom line and the success of your…

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3 ways technology can transform your workflow

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How much of your time is taken up by the need to adjust and resubmit denied claims? How often does…

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What Data-Driven Tools Do Physicians Really Need to Improve Quality of Care?

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Ask providers what keeps them up at night, and many will say it’s a patient needing care and not getting…

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