Case Study
Revenue Capture
Stanford Children’s Health Saves Time and Improves Charge Accuracy

Business Issue
Manual charge capture and review created delays, inefficiencies and financial risk. Stanford Children’s disconnected systems and lack of integration led to time-consuming workflows and compliance challenges.
Before FinThrive
Staff manually entered charge audits after discharge
Corrections triggered rework, claim holds and denials
Department had no technology or automation to ensure speed and accuracy
Early processes required manual claim holds and data entry
Solution Highlights
Epic integration enables two-way data flow and removed double entry
Automation reduces manual intervention and improved efficiency
Safety-net rules identify high-impact issues before claims go out
Collaboration with FinThrive enables ongoing rule optimization
Customer Overview
Stanford Children’s Health is a nonprofit academic pediatric and maternal health system in Palo Alto, CA. The 361-bed hospital and affiliated clinics rely on Epic for EHR and use FinThrive Revenue Capture to support hospital-based charge audits.
FinThrive Value
$10M
$10M in charges flagged daily for audit
<5%
By reducing claim holds to less than 5%, audits are now efficient and focused
10
10 hours of manually-intensive work saved per week
“FinThrive gives us a critical safety net for charge accuracy. We flag roughly $10M daily for review, yet fewer than 5% of claims are held—so we’re targeted and efficient. Integration with Epic means no more double entry, and we’ve reallocated team capacity as our hospital has grown—all without increasing headcount.”
Kristien Karmarkar, Executive Director of Revenue Cycle

Revenue management without limits
FinThrive provides smarter, smoother revenue management to 3,250+ healthcare providers in North America, including 37 of the 40 largest hospitals and health systems in the U.S.