Physician Revenue Cycle

Paving the Path to Success: Teaching Doctors Value-Based Care

March 09, 2020 by Jacqueline LaPointe

The way physicians have historically provided care – and gotten paid for it – is not working for most industry stakeholders. Smartphones, telehealth, and other innovative technologies are...

Freestanding Emergency Departments Cost 22 Times More Than Doctor

March 13, 2019 by Jacqueline LaPointe

Shifting care from freestanding emergency departments to physician offices and urgent care centers would save over $3,000 per visit, showed a recent brief from the managed care company UnitedHealth...

Employed Physicians Create Almost $2.4M a Year in Hospital Revenue

February 25, 2019 by Jacqueline LaPointe

Physicians are the backbone of medical care, but new data from the national physician search and consulting firm Merritt Hawkins shows employed doctors are also major money-makers. Their seventh...

4 Key Ways to Improve Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management

January 02, 2018 by Jacqueline LaPointe

“There is always room for improvement” should be healthcare revenue cycle management’s mantra. Declining claims reimbursement rates, the shift to value-based purchasing, and evolving...

Cancer Care Costs 60% Higher at Hospitals Vs Independent Orgs

September 28, 2017 by Jacqueline LaPointe

Hospital-based cancer care for patients undergoing chemotherapy was 60 percent more expensive compared to the same treatment at community-based oncology practices, according to a recent study by Xcenda...

What Are the Front-End Steps of Revenue Cycle Management?

February 22, 2016 by Jacqueline DiChiara

Revenue cycle management is the progression of events between when a patient makes a doctor’s appointment and when a patient’s money is received and reimbursed for following care...