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. More
