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An ineffective charge capture program leads to revenue leakage and delays cash realization. While most organizations focus well on back-office functions such as A/R and denial management, they fail to give due attention to the effectiveness of the charge capture process. Missed charges and inaccuracies in charge capture are the primary causes of ineffective charge capture.
A global pandemic forced rapid shifts in an institution that already had been a focal point of calls for change: health care. The panelists brought out perspectives on the impact of COVID-19, emerging technologies in healthcare, hospital finances, shift to value-based care, rise of wearable devices and interoperability.
The post-pandemic path to recovery for hospitals and healthcare systems is steep with multiple challenges, including a severe shortage of clinical and revenue cycle labor, and unprecedented inflation. Initiatives such as value-based care, patient experience improvement, and process automation, on the other hand, are screaming for investments.
Declining reimbursements, rising consumerism, demand for improved patient experience, transition to value-based care, COVID-19's impact, manpower shortage and other factors distract healthcare providers from their core goal of delivering quality healthcare to their patients. They must respond with innovative approaches that could depend largely on finding the right outsourcing partner for the scalability and domain expertise the business needs.
Outsourcing is often associated with the idea of letting go. And letting go is about uncertainty and anxiety about results. By choosing the right partner, you can free up the time and find the investments for the strategic initiatives to propel your organization forward. In our experience, outsourcing can help you in three critical areas - Scalability, Automation, and transparency
