Revenue Cycle Thesis
Operational thesis to assist members in their strategic planning and budgeting
- Increasing Revenue and Enhancing the Patient Experience Through Revenue Cycle Innovation
- Performing Revenue Cycle Data Analytics to Pinpoint Revenue Leakage and Drive Targeted Improvement Projects
- Minimizing Denied Claims and Compliance Risks by Supporting Medical Necessity Throughout the Revenue Cycle
- Maximizing the Selection, Implementation, and Use of Health Information Systems in the Revenue Cycle
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Benchmarking and Best Practice Report Series
Continually-expanding collection of benchmarks and best practices, addressing the most pressing revenue cycle issues to help leaders drive revenue cycle improvement
- Optimizing Financial Clearance in Patient Access
- Improving Throughput and Increasing Revenues in the Emergency Department
- Enhancing Revenue and Service Quality Through Clinical Documentation and Charge Capture Improvement Initiatives
- Maximizing Reimbursements and Collections in Patient Financial Services
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The Academy's Member Retreat
Two-day event where revenue cycle leaders can hear firsthand from better performing hospitals and develop business relationships through candid, interactive peer forums
- Achieving Improvements from the Middle of the Revenue Cycle: Maximizing Clinical Documentation
- Developing Patient-Centered Revenue Cycle Initiatives in the Midst of Economic Uncertainty
- Enhancing Revenue Cycle Processes in the Emergency Department
- Pinpointing Opportunities Across the Revenue Cycle to Yield Net Revenue Improvement
- Improving Your Brand, Margin, and Volume Through a Physician-Centric Revenue Cycle
Member Testimonials
"Our whole organization enjoys membership with The Academy. In fact, the CEO and CFO of Heartland Health have both applauded our revenue cycle team on its awareness of industry benchmarks and best practices. From my team's perspective, they cite our membership with The Academy as an invaluable resource that has been a significant factor in our ability to do this."
Research Highlights
- Responding to a Changing Payer Mix and Rise in Bad Debt
- Trends in Revenue Cycle Governance: Analyzing Organizational Structures
- Setting Your Revenue Cycle Course
- Improving Throughput and Increasing Revenues — Best Practices in the Emergency Department
- Optimizing Financial Clearance Through Lean Production Methods — Best Practices in Patient Access
- Key Levers in ED Point of Service Collections
- Driving Process Improvements in the Short and Long Term — A Case Study In Applying Improvement Methodologies in Patient Access
- Securing Authorizations: A Two-Team Approach
- Strategies for Maximizing Charge Capture and Reimbursement in the ED
- Maximizing Reimbursements While Ensuring Compliance — A Case Study in Achieving Success Within a Clinical Documentation Improvement Program
- Ensuring Proper Use of Condition Code 44
- Enhancing Revenue and Service Quality — Best Practices in Clinical Documentation and Charge Capture
- Maximizing Reimbursements and Collections Through Lean Production Methods — Best Practices in Patient Financial Services
- Conducting Strategic Appeals and Analyses — A Case Study in Mitigating the Impact of Claims Denials
- Performing a First-Pass Yield Analysis to Identify Inefficiencies
- Identifying, Tracking, and Billing for Research Services
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See the latest benchmarks and best practice case studies from The Academy's research, Maximizing Reimbursements and Collections Through Lean Production Methods in Patient Financial Services
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