6 Positive Impacts of Effective Revenue Cycle Management

By Ranadene Tapio, MBA, CMRS, CPCS  As healthcare delivery gets more complex, patient reimbursement decreases, and patient demand increases, practices are forced to reevaluate their revenue cycle management (RCM) process.    Some people underestimate the...

7 Tips for Patient Collections 

 Ranadene Tapio, MBA, CMRS, CPCS  Collections aren’t the most glamorous part of running a practice. Perhaps the only thing worse than making collections calls is receiving them! Unfortunately, collections are necessary and if done correctly,...

Successful Insurance Claims Submission & Reimbursement

By Ranadene Tapio, MBA, CMRS, CPCS  Does your office experience a rejection rate in insurance denials that’s higher than you’d like it to be?  Does your front-desk and billing staff know the type of information that’s important to obtain when registering a...

Maximizing Revenue Cycle Efficiency

By Ann Knutson, CPC-A  The healthcare revenue cycle includes all administrative and clinical functions that involve capturing, managing, and collecting the provider’s/facilities revenue. The cycle includes three distinct parts of the practice/facility...