stephen outten

After a day of learning at ANI, come face-to-face with some of the earth’s most fascinating creatures that will help put your revenue cycle dangers in perspective. Come see sharks of all kinds, along with sawfish, giant rays, endangered green sea turtles, piranha, jellies, and the rare golden crocodile all in one place: North America’s [...]

You’ve got one shot to execute a seamless conversion. Because it will impact your clinical, financial, and IT organizations, a hospital leader will often ask: How can I divide up my business office team to resolve legacy A/R while getting a fast start on the new system? The bad news is that it’s very hard [...]

When do individual and employer mandates begin? When will hospitals receive less Medicare reimbursement for patient conditions acquired during treatment? With the Supreme Court taking up the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA” or “health reform”), it’s a good time for healthcare leaders to brush up on the central tenets and [...]

Over the past 2 weeks, I’ve shared the top critical questions you should be asking about ACOs, including massive success stories of ACO providers. This week, HealthLeaders Media published “The Unsettled State of the ACO” that demonstrates how providers’ projections of joining an ACO have decreased by 25% since 2011, from 64% to 39%. Now [...]

Last week I tackled the first 3 critical questions everyone should be asking about ACOs. This week I’ll address the last 2 questions that were part of a recent presentation given by Mike Morris, National Practice Leader of Dell Services Revenue Cycle Solutions, and Betsy Block, Director of ACO Solutions for Dell Services. I’ve included [...]