Think about the best job that you’ve ever had. What made you love it so much? The people? The service or product you created for the world? The challenges you learned to overcome? During your time there, how did your employer make you feel? Valued? Cared for? Invested in? Had you not felt those things, […]
Tag: Revenue cycle
Announcing the 2018 HBI Revenue Cycle Award Winners
We’re thrilled to announce that the winners of HBI’s 2018 Revenue Cycle Study and Awards survey are: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Nebraska Medicine Springhill Medical Center While all three have high-performing revenue cycles in common, they represent varied segments of the healthcare landscape. One is a nonprofit, pediatric health system in the East; another is […]
Pulse Check: Specialize the Business Office
Whenever I’ve gone on site, no matter the size of the hospital, I’ve always been struck by the fact that business office staff are organized by payer. Either billing and follow-up actions are done by one person, assigned all of the accounts for a certain payer, or billing and follow-up tasks are separated, but staff […]
The Top Five Challenges Revenue Cycle Leaders Faced in 2018
HBI’s Revenue Cycle Academy received more than 1,300 research requests from the membership community in 2018, allowing us to identify major trends in the issues commanding the attention of leaders throughout the industry. The Top 5 Staff Management: More than a third of the research requests the team received were related to staff management. Revenue […]
Pulse Check: Extending Coding Education Beyond the Coding Department
By:
Noelle Wysocki
Date:
February 13, 2019
Category:
Custom Services
Filed under:
Coding, denials, DRG, education, HBI, Non-coders, Pulse Check, RC Education, Revenue cycle, training
The health of an organization’s revenue cycle depends not only on the accurate performance of employees in their respective roles, but also the understanding of how their roles impact others up and downstream, and therefore the quality and speed with which a claim gets processed. One area that has incredible impact on a claim’s processing […]
Pulse Check: Educating Patients on ED Point-of-Service Collections
Recently, the question of putting up signage in the ED to educate patients on point-of-service collections surfaced. There is a lot of debate over this topic and whether it violates EMTALA or should even be done in the first place. For the purposes of this blog, I will review a couple strategies when considering putting […]
Pulse Check: Revenue Cycle Resolutions
By:
Noelle Wysocki
Date:
January 16, 2019
Category:
Custom Services
Filed under:
customer service, denials, E-Learning, employee satisfaction, HBI, Learning, new year, Patient Satisfaction, Pulse Check, RCA, relationships, Rev Cycle, Revenue cycle
It’s a new year! While your organization’s initiatives may not have changed when the ball dropped, you can be sure that your employees are feeling a burst of motivation as they start 2019, an eagerness to tackle the tough to-dos and an energy to learn, grow, and achieve. Perhaps you’re feeling it too! Let’s capitalize […]
Must Dos for A Successful Employee Career Ladder Program
Date:
January 9, 2019
Category:
Revenue Cycle
Filed under:
Career ladder, Compensation, Criteria for advancement, Healthcare, Revenue cycle, Turnover Rate
As many as 75% of the total U.S. workforce will be comprised of the millennial generation by 2025. This brings with it a variety of shifts in recruitment, training, and retention practices, as well as the general attitude towards work and career. In a poll of more than 3,500 revenue cycle leaders by the staffing […]
Pulse Check: Reduce Turnover Through a Compensation Review
Recently, I have been hearing the same question from revenue cycle leaders across the country, “How do we reduce staff turnover?” Staff turnover will continue to be an issue until leaders invest in understanding the underlying issues. What is below the surface that is causing my employees to leave? Revenue cycle leaders need to understand […]