What will healthcare look like after covid? Revenue and reimbursement losses continue to rise with every Covid wave of uncertainty that hit the health care industry. At the start of the pandemic, some experts said hospitals lost over $1 billion daily at the…
Today's healthcare system heavily relies on technology. Almost every health operation requires technology from patient examination to treatment and medicine production. While technology has undoubtedly improved specific aspects of medical work, it's slowly taking away patient time. Doctors and nurses now spend…
When it comes to filing insurance claims, you don't want to end up getting a denial when you are trying to process insurance claims. Your patients rely on you to take care of their insurance claim referrals so that they don't…
When one receives news that they have been diagnosed with a life-threatening condition like cancer, they get worried. Not only are their lives at risk, but there is also the cost of treatment that can turn one bankrupt. On the…
Featuring Kathy Ringlein (Middle) and Bob Ringlein (Back Right)
I’ve spoken with hundreds of patients…maybe even thousands. I have the interesting and challenging job of contacting patients after they have been discharged from the hospital and negotiating payment arrangements on behalf of our client hospitals. I can tell you…
If you've been in the healthcare business as long as I have, you see generally accepted conventions or practices come and go or morph as necessity dictates. The healthcare revenue cycle without exception presents some of the best examples of…
The life of a hospital lien specialist is not boring. Let me make that perfectly clear. I know what you're thinking...could there be anything dryer than hospital accident liens? But hospital accident liens ALWAYS have a story behind them. Where…
Brian sat there listening politely and in slight awe. It seemed the Medicaid eligibility vendor, who was making a noble effort at a sales pitch, continued to chatter on, not coming up for air for what seemed like hours. Brian…
Today, I read an article written by Rene Letourneau, for HealthLeaders Media, which identified the top revenue challenges as identified by several revenue cycle executives. Not surprisingly, the first challenge listed had to do with self-pay cash flow. H. Jeffrey…
