Articles-Thought Leadership Reimbursements at Risk Article

Martha Crombie
Staff Writer
HealthStream
The top three revenue cycle problems across all
healthcare organizations are Medicare reimbursement,
the timeliness of Medicaid reimbursement, and bad debt,
according to the American College of Healthcare
Executives. Since these issues remain largely outside
the control of providers, “Organizations need to
direct resources where they can make a
positive and significant difference: patient
identity errors, point of service
collections, and denials,” says
HealthStream’s Susan
Gurzynski-Wells.