Health information management continues to evolve as the industry changes and new technology becomes more prevalent. Many experts have begun to predict which trends will have the largest impact on the industry as we move into 2016. By 2016, there will be a number of important health IT and reform initiatives in place, including ICD-10 and Stage 3 of Meaningful …
How to Manage a Healthcare IT System Implementation
As the American healthcare industry moves decidedly in the direction of electronic recordkeeping, the need for robust, up-to-date health information technology systems is becoming a more urgent priority. For medical facilities long accustomed to working with older, outdated systems, this transformation promises many improvements, but a change of this sort is not without its challenges. In order to ensure the …
How Healthcare Reform Affects Revenue Cycle Operations
Now that we’re several years into the major healthcare reforms brought about by the Affordable Care Act, we can get a better sense of how those reforms have affected revenue cycle operations in the last few years. Healthcare Finance News put together a report on these issues last year, and many of those issues are still playing a big role …
Boosting the Performance of Your Healthcare System with an Integrated Revenue Cycle
One way that healthcare organizations are reducing expenses and boosting their financial performance—while continuing to meet the needs of patients and physicians—is through integrated revenue cycles (IRCs). There is no set definition for what an IRC should be, and it tends to vary depending on the organization and its particular needs. Generally, it allows for the greater collaboration of revenue …
