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How to Navigate the Roadblocks & Pitfalls in the Revenue Cycle

Where are mistakes happening?

Manual processes are prone for errors and mistakes throughout the revenue cycle from the point of scheduling to achieving a fully paid, zero-balance claim. Even AI, RPAs, and bots can make mistakes when not configured correctly. The key question is: can you pinpoint when and where in the revenue cycle issues are occurring and do you have objective data to back it up? How quickly can you determine a resolution?

To answer this question, you must have visibility into every touch and action taken by in-house, remote and outsourced staff to resolve claims – the human generated data. Once you have the human data, you can understand the true status of claims, actions taken by staff and their ability to positively impact the AR balance.

Let’s explore some common areas where issues occur

Solutions to the most common roadblocks

The human generated data difference

Most provider organizations have no visibility into the daily activity of revenue cycle staff or the effectiveness of their efforts due to the constraints of the common data housed in PM or EHR systems, such as information related to patient visits and claims status. The missing link is the ability to access human-generated data through the use of workflow automation and AI-powered analytics solutions. Every time a staff member touches a claim, it costs money, yet without the ability to track every claim touchpoint, you cannot measure how many touches are wasted, ultimately limiting opportunities to identify errors, conduct a root-cause analysis and improve processes.

Create financial clearance "checkpoints"

Preventing front office denials, such as coordination of benefits (COB), in the healthcare revenue cycle is essential for maximizing revenue and reducing denials on the back end. Denials from front office mistakes require the most unnecessary back and forth later on in the billing process and are some of the costliest denials. Yet, these denials are fully preventable with the right technology on the front end to guide staff. Having financial clearance technology in place ensures all the necessary information and payments are collected prior to the patient appointment. This process should be done days in advance of the appointment, not at the front desk, to ensure all of the checkpoints are complete. Here are some steps to prevent COB denials. Read the full post.

Reduce "wasted touches" in the A/R follow up process

Based on our benchmark data from millions of touches from AR staff, up to 60% of touches are wasted. if given the proper tools such as workflow automation and AI-powered analytics you can eliminate wasted touches which means your staff will be able to increase their capacity. Without structured data to measure the activity, status, and actions of your A/R follow up team, labor costs and aged A/R issues will cut away at your margin and drive up your cost to collect. Learn more about wasted touches and how to prevent them.

Effective Intelligence: Our comprehensive RCM automation solution

Effective Intelligence combines Patient Financial Clearance Automation, Medical Billing Workflow Automation, and Real-Time RCM Analytics in a cloud-based platform designed to integration with your current EMR/PM technology to measure the effectiveness of your RCM staff.

Review and assess your practice’s financial status in 5 min or less and know exact where you are losing money and why. Measure the work effort of every revenue cycle employee, incentivize and retain your top performers, and help employees that need improvement.

You can prevent most common denials, rejections and write-offs during the scheduling and pre-registration process in advance of the appointment. Configure checkpoints and use central task management to quickly clear patients and keep your front office staffing needs at a minimum.

As team members log in to the web-based application and record each “touch” of a claim,  outcome, and next task, key data points are recorded like who completed the task and when, outcome, task notes, internal / external messages sent, collection success and other data points that feed into our real-time analytics.

Reduce RCM labor dependence with financial clearance, insurance A/R, & patient A/R automation modules with real-time analytics.

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