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Value-based care revenue to grow, but risk is a challenge
Healthcare organizations expect higher value-based care revenue in 2025, with 64% predicting growth despite challenges like financial risk and lagging data interoperability.
What MAHA means for the CMS Innovation Center, APMs
Under Trump's "Making America Healthy Again," the CMS Innovation Center is overhauling alternative payment model design to include more downside risk and prospective payments.
The state of revenue cycle management software
Revenue cycle management software supports operational efficiency and financial outcomes for healthcare providers, leading to a robust and growing market for solutions.
2025 MedTech Breakthrough winners for healthcare payments
Waystar, Candid Health and TrustCommerce are among the winners of the 2025 MedTech Breakthrough Awards in the healthcare payments category.
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Latest News
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Health equity incentive in P4P model needs adjusting
A research letter examining the use of a health equity incentive in the End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model points to further adjustments in pay-for-performance models.
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44% of practices plan to renegotiate payer reimbursement rates
A survey shows physician practices aim to improve patient payments and payer reimbursement rates, with 44% planning renegotiations while focusing on claims automation and IT usage.
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Report: 12 cents of every federal dollar spent on medical bills
About a fourth of federal spending goes to healthcare administration, including paying medical bills to physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers, according to new data.
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Study: Specialties most likely to use medical credit cards
Medical credit card use is common, especially among dentists, podiatrists and chiropractors, despite scrutiny on this type of payment method for patient financial responsibility.
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Indirect billing by APCs common for office-based care
A study shows indirect billing by advanced practice clinicians (APCs) occurred for 39% of all office-based encounters with Medicare patients in 2022, highlighting the role of APCs.
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Only a third of CMMI models yield substantial net savings
Most CMMI models did not generate significant savings to the federal government, if any savings at all, according to a recent analysis.
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Understanding the Fundamentals of Accountable Care Organizations
Accountable care organizations, or ACOs, promote higher care quality at lower costs while shifting risk to healthcare providers, making the model a staple of value-based care.
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5 leading hospital chargemaster software products
Hospital chargemaster software from FinThrive, Health Catalyst, Optum and other vendors can streamline CDM maintenance while using analytics to inform market strategy.
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Common denial reason codes in medical billing
Claim denial reason codes in medical billing indicate problems in the revenue cycle, understanding the codes and identifying patterns is key to prevention.
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RPA to Gen AI: How AI in revenue cycle management is evolving
AI in revenue cycle management is at an inflection point, with providers adopting automation, NLP and generative AI to streamline processes and reduce burdens.