Fee schedule drift is the gap between when Medicare publishes a payment change and when your charge master and claims reflect it. Practices lose money in that gap without a single denial to show for it. Nothing about this is a staff failure. CMS spreads each change across a fall final rule, a January reset, […]
CMS, Fee Schedule Drift, Medicare Fee Schedule, Revenue Leakage, RVU, Value-Based Adjustments
Charge capture matters because, as a healthcare provider, you know how important it is to get paid accurately and on time for the services you provide. However, the revenue cycle management process can be a tangled web of codes, documentation requirements, and insurance rules. One of the biggest pain points? Charge capture. Charge capture is […]
Continuous Monitoring, Missed Charges, Revenue Cycle Management, Revenue Leakage
“Revenue leakage” describes circumstances wherein a healthcare provider has supplied care to a patient but doesn’t collect payment. In general, it happens when accounts receivable (AR) continue to be unpaid for too long and are inadvertently overlooked. The longer an account receivable remains outstanding, the less likely healthcare providers are to retrieve payment, even in […]
AR Cycles, Medical Billing, Patient Centricity, RCM, Revenue Leakage