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Should You Keep RCM in House or Leverage RCM As a Service?

Healthcare IT Today

One of the hottest topics we hear talked about at Healthcare IT Today has to do with revenue cycle management (RCM). COVID and other financial pressures have driven RCM to the top of many healthcare organization’s strategic priorities. Plus, finding the right RCM staff makes this even harder.

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A Look at the Biggest Challenge Healthcare RCM Professionals Face

Healthcare IT Today

When you attend a conference, it’s always fun to see if there’s a kind of theme or hot topic for those attending the conference. At this year’s HFMA annual conference the big theme I kept hearing over and over had to do with staffing challenges.

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Insights and Perspectives from #HFMAAnnual Conference

Healthcare IT Today

This week was the HFMA Annual conference in Denver. I’d say the hottest topic at the conference was the lack of workforce available and the impact that is having on organizations. Rod Nicholls from Knowtion Health really hit home on this point in this video we did together. John Lynn (@techguy) June 27, 2022. .

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Revenue Cycle Management – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

This week is the HFMA annual conference in Denver. If you’ve followed the #HFMAAnnual hashtag, then you’ve no doubt seen us sharing a bunch of content from the conference. If you want to understand some of the complexities associated with revenue in healthcare, this conference is the place to go. HITsm #HFMAAnnual.

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HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

Health Populi

At that moment in the Twitterverse, it occurred to me that health IT as a consumer-facing industry was beginning to mainstream in America. Cramer’s pronouncement led to a tweetstorm where hundreds of tweeters in and outside of health/care talked back and with Cramer. Here’s what I wrote. The patient-consumer experience.

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Healthcare Regulations, RCM, and Ambient Clinical Voice – A Roundup of Insights from the Medical Practice Excellence Pathways Conference (#MPE21)

Healthcare IT Today

This week Colin and I will be participating in the Medical Practice Excellence Pathways Conference that is being hosted virtually by MGMA. While we all look forward to MGMA’s Leaders conference in person in San Diego later this year, the knowledge sharing at the virtual event today was good.

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Weekly Roundup – October 29, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

Read more… A Look at the Fall Health IT Conference Season. John and Colin have been out and about this conference season. With seven events down and five to go, John offered some perspective on which types of in-person conferences seem to still be attracting attendees – along with who is (and is not) showing up.

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