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The Denial-Free Revenue Cycle: Tools and Tactics to Keep Costs in Check

For healthcare finance leaders, denials aren’t a new problem—but the cost of managing them has changed dramatically. Increased payer scrutiny, more complex authorization rules, and ongoing workforce constraints have turned denial management into a...

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Revenue on Autopilot: How Smarter Denial Management Reduces the Cost to Collect

Claim denials are often treated as a reimbursement issue—something to be appealed, overturned and moved past. But for today’s hospitals and health systems, denials represent something far more consequential: a hidden and growing driver of cost to collect.

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Denial Metrics Are Everywhere: Do You Know What to Do with Them?

Healthcare finance leaders today are swimming in data, such as denied claims, write-offs, appeal volumes, payment variances, yet many still struggle to turn that data into action.

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Behind Every Denial Is a Pattern—Are You Looking for It?

Healthcare organizations are no strangers to claim denials. They’ve become an unfortunate fixture of the revenue cycle, quietly draining resources and frustrating both staff and patients.

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Getting Ahead of Denials: Why AI Predictive Denials Are the Future of Claims Management

For revenue cycle leaders, few issues create more friction—or more cost—than claim denials. They disrupt cash flow, inflate administrative overhead and delay payments that are already overdue. And while denial management strategies have improved, they...

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3 Ways Claim Denials Undermine Growth (and What to Do)

For healthcare finance leaders, revenue growth is a clear focus  now, with 70% of executives prioritizing it and 76% emphasizing denial reduction as a key area. While denials remain a challenge, there’s plenty of opportunity to turn this around and...

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The Role of Analytics in Reducing Denials and Rejections

Analytics has become a vital tool in claims management, enabling healthcare organizations to tackle costly denials and rejections head-on. With billions at stake annually, a data-driven approach is no longer optional—it’s essential.

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Best Practices in Denial Management

Denials remain a significant challenge in healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM), creating disruptions that can compromise both financial stability and operational efficiency. With denial rates rising, it’s more important than ever for healthcare...

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7 Effective Strategies to Prevent Healthcare Denials

Preventing healthcare denials is both essential and challenging for health systems and hospitals.

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HFMA Western Region Symposium 2024 Recap

By Jonathan G. Wiik, Vice President, Healthcare Industry Insights, FinThrive

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Preventing Claim Denials: 6 Top Reasons Claims Are Denied and How to Avoid Them

Claim denials can be a frustrating and costly experience for both healthcare providers and patients—in 2022, the costs of claim denials rose 67%. To prevent claim denials and ensure a smooth, efficient revenue cycle management process, it’s important to...

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The Growing Challenges of Hospital Denial Management

Several recent trends in the healthcare market have worsened the urgent issue of hospital denial management. Hospitals are grappling with the collection of their rightful payments, and each of these new developments poses an added threat.

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