Expert Tips & Trends in Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management
How Smart Scheduling Impacts Your Bottom Line
A full schedule doesn’t always mean maximum revenue. Inefficient scheduling can lead to no-shows, overbookings, and bottlenecks that frustrate staff and patients alike. Reducing No-Shows Automated reminders, online scheduling, and waitlist management help keep your...
Strengthening Compliance Through Medical Auditing
In today’s healthcare environment, compliance and accuracy are non-negotiable. From complex coding requirements to evolving payer rules, medical practices face constant pressure to ensure every claim is supported, compliant, and correctly reimbursed. Even small...
How to Reduce Aging A/R Without Sacrificing Compliance
For healthcare organizations, aging accounts receivable (A/R) is more than just a cash flow problem, it’s a sign of inefficiencies that can strain resources and put financial stability at risk. The longer claims sit unpaid, the harder they are to collect, leaving...
How EMR & PM Integration Improves Revenue Cycle
In today’s healthcare landscape, efficiency is everything. Practices often juggle multiple systems—electronic medical records (EMR) for patient encounters and practice management (PM) systems for scheduling, billing, and claims. When these systems don’t talk to each...
Telehealth Flexibilities Expired: What Providers Must Do Now
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of telehealth across the U.S., with emergency waivers and flexibilities allowing providers to care for patients virtually without the usual restrictions. For years, these temporary rules gave practices more...
Telehealth Flexibilities Set to Expire: What Providers Need to Know
As of September 30, 2025, Medicare's expanded telehealth policies—introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic—are scheduled to expire unless Congress enacts further legislation. This impending change has significant implications for healthcare providers and patients...
Understanding the FY 2026 ICD-10-CM Guidelines: Why Auditing Matters More Than Ever
The FY 2026 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting are now in effect for encounters on or after October 1, 2025, and they bring significant updates. With 487 new codes, 38 revisions, and 28 deletions, alongside fresh guidance for conditions like HIV,...
Why Coding and Auditing Compliance Are Essential to Revenue Cycle Success
In healthcare, compliance is not optional, it’s a necessity. While most organizations understand the importance of protecting patient data and meeting regulatory standards, many overlook how critical coding and auditing compliance are to the overall health of the...
How Smart Scheduling Impacts Your Bottom Line
In healthcare, efficiency is everything. From managing patient flow to optimizing provider time, the way a practice handles scheduling directly impacts both the patient experience and the organization’s financial health. Smart scheduling, leveraging best practices and...
The Hidden Costs of Revenue Cycle Inefficiency
In healthcare, revenue cycle management (RCM) is more than just billing and collections, it’s the backbone of financial stability. Yet too often, inefficiencies within the revenue cycle quietly drain resources, delay payments, and put unnecessary stress on both...