Long been considered a back-office task, revenue cycle management (RCM) has become a hot topic for healthcare providers looking to leverage technology and a [...]
We’ve written at length about the rise of patient financial responsibility in health care, due to the increasing prevalence of high-deductible health insurance plans [...]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have once again proposed a change to pre-claim reviews and demonstrations. This change will not affect [...]
In our ongoing series on rising patient out-of-pocket expenses, we’ve covered the specific trends happening around patient responsibility in surgical centers, behavioral health, dental [...]
As we’ve covered before, 2017 was a big year for healthcare mergers and announcements, with the proposed $77 billion merger combining the country’s largest [...]
Rising Patient Responsibility: Substance Abuse Continuing our series on increasing patient out-of-pocket costs, today we examine trends in substance abuse treatment. Between the opioid [...]
When most people think about cosmetic surgery, the first thought is often an image of celebrities and other wealthy individuals having vanity procedures done. [...]
In prior posts, we’ve discussed the impact of rising patient costs in a variety of healthcare specialties, including ambulatory surgical centers, behavioral health, and [...]