Finance

Patient revenue recovery now directly influence margin performance and patient experience, and results are trending in the wrong direction. Insured patients account for more than half of bad debt, while overall collection rates continue to decline. Traditional approaches — prioritizing…

Healthcare organizations entered 2025 under persistent labor costs, reimbursement volatility and regulatory uncertainty. Deal volume remained below historical highs. Hospital margins were uneven. Nearly half of announced hospital transactions involved financial distress. At the same time, outpatient migration accelerated. Ambulatory…

Hospitals focus heavily on denials — but denials are only part of the problem. Across the U.S., hospitals are losing millions each year to incomplete or inconsistent documentation that understates the true complexity of care delivered. Beyond visible denials lies…

Picture a front end where coverage drops are caught early, authorizations are not missed and manual rework no longer creates downstream financial risk. This 2026 playbook shows how health systems, including Premier Health, are moving closer to that reality by…

Orthopedic and musculoskeletal (MSK) practices are entering a new era of revenue cycle pressure — one defined by coding complexity, chronic staffing shortages, and rapidly shifting payer requirements. These forces are converging to create a perfect storm: rising denial rates,…

AI is no longer theoretical in revenue cycle operations. Healthcare organizations are already seeing measurable gains: faster payer payments, fewer denials and improved workforce efficiency. The challenge is knowing how to measure success. This whitepaper outlines the specific KPIs healthcare…

Staffing shortages, rising denials and growing patient payment burdens are hitting urology practices especially hard — and outdated revenue cycle models are making things worse. But a growing number of providers are taking a new approach to coding and revenue…

Hospitals are navigating historic cost and workforce pressures, and the revenue cycle is under the microscope. More CFOs are moving from a patchwork of vendors to accountable, end-to-end partnerships to protect margin, stabilize cash and reduce operational risk. This report…

Reimbursement is uncertain, denials are up and high-deductible health plans mean more financial risk is falling on patients. These headwinds are forcing CFOs to re-evaluate an overlooked lever: the patient financial experience. Read more about how CFOs and COOs from…

Denials are rising. Work is piling up. And hiring more staff isn’t a sustainable solution.  For today’s revenue leaders, small optimizations aren’t enough. It takes a new model — one where AI agents, robots and staff operate in sync to…