Financial/Revenue Cycle Management

A consultant specializing in governance explains how to sell the C-suite on IG and make lasting returns a reality.

Emerging health information management software for computer-assisted coding, documentation, workflow and other tasks are already proving to be valuable for analytics and population health management programs.

Kansas-based health system is working toward becoming what Cerner described as a clinically driven revenue cycle.

Final rule enables ONC to better support physicians and hospitals amid the rapid pace of innovation in the health information technology market.

New rule brings flexibility, institutes two payment tracks, and makes 2017 a transition year. 

Researchers said the price hikes driving big spending increases are inconsistent and while AHA president Rick Pollack said that any upticks because of market manipulation are just plain wrong. 

The company is said to be the first in healthcare to achieve this validation, which ensures the payment network has met standards to protect data.

The companies said they will combine 3M Health Information System's coding, classification and risk-stratification with Verily's algorithms and analytics to create a joint platform to improve clinical and financial performance.

It wasn't the question most viewers had tuned in to hear discussed, but one audience member at the second presidential debate in St. Louis did ask Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump about the Affordable Care Act – offering a more substantive discussion of healthcare than at the first debate.

Northwell Health replaced its aging email tracker with a system that helps manage compliance, contract review and budget approvals. And it built the new system with existing resources.