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Current industry topics covering revenue cycle performance and the solutions and services MEDTEAM offers hospitals.

Revenue Leakage: What You Need to Know

Revenue leakage is a significant challenge for healthcare providers, impacting financial performance and resource allocation. It can occur slowly, over time, and is often difficult to...
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Improving Margins from Within: How Hybrid Partnerships Are Solving Rural Workforce Shortages

In many respects, Nashville is a healthcare hub masquerading as a mecca for country music fans. Rural themes, woven together with a penchant sound, define the...
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Optimizing Revenue Cycle Management: The Importance of Pre-Payment Billing and Reducing Billing Flow Errors

This encompasses the entire billing cycle, from creating invoices to collecting payments. Due to concerns around security, complex agreements among stakeholders, and continuously changing regulations, this...
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Effective Strategies for Managing Healthcare Denials and Appeals Processing

When discussing denials, it’s crucial to recognize that it's a complex topic. Denial rules differ across healthcare facilities, influenced by factors like contracts, payor mix, case mix...
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RCM Partnerships: A Strategic Approach to Improving Financial Resilience

Maintaining a healthy cash flow is crucial for navigating financial challenges and ensuring the sustainability of healthcare services.
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Outpatient Surgery Volume: Resolving RCM Challenges

In 2024, CMS significantly expanded the list of ASC-covered procedures. As these procedures shift to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), revenue cycle management (RCM) hurdles continue...
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Mitigating the Financial Strain of Essential Healthcare Services

According to a recent AHA report, behavioral health services are among the most essential and most financially strained services hospitals provide...
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5 Ways MEDTEAM Revolutionizes Contract Management for Healthcare Providers

A survey by Black Book Market Research revealed that healthcare organizations annually spend $157 billion on manual contract management. In the same study, nearly all respondents...
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3 Ways to Get Quick Returns from Your Hospital Revenue Cycle

Hospital revenue cycle management gaps can leave millions of dollars on the table every year. With community hospitals closing at alarming rates, sealing these gaps is...
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Testimonial: Freestone Medical Center

Discover the transformative journey of Freestone Medical Center, a rural healthcare provider in Fairfield, Texas, through our latest testimonial. It’s a compelling story about hometown resilience...
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How SOCs are Revolutionizing Healthcare Cyber Defense

The healthcare sector is increasingly reliant on Security Operations Centers (SOCs) for safeguarding critical patient information and systems against cyber threats.
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Hope for the Holidays: The Story of Lakeland Community Hospital

November 2017 in Haleyville, Alabama, sees locals planning for the festive season, discussing the next Auburn match, or looking forward to autumn vacation. Yet, a different...
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