Recognizing that our rural provider partners face specific revenue cycle challenges, unique to each community, we put together a strategic program to address the challenges they face. We call this our “Turnkey Solution” – a comprehensive package that offers all…
Rural health is notorious for outdated technology, off-brand EMRs that limit the ability to connect outside systems, and a lack of IT resources to protect them from cyberattacks— so it’s no surprise they are also falling behind on implementing patient-centric…
Read More The Technology Challenge: Bridging the Gap for Rural Providers
The pandemic has resulted in a myriad of challenges for health systems. From exhausting resources and postponing revenue-generating procedures to working conditions that have created so much stress that essential staff are quitting in droves. Now with covid vaccines readily…
Read More Vaccine Mandates Result in More Staffing Issues for Healthcare
Developed as a part of the Veterans Health Care Act in 1992, 340B was intended to help low-income or uninsured patients obtain more affordable medication. The program created a pricing agreement in which pharmaceutical companies could participate in exchange for…
Read More White Bagging, 340B, and the Latest Blow to Rural Hospital Revenue
Professional’s Regional Development Director, Cally Christensen, is delivering a presentation on the topic of Renewed Revenue at today’s AZ HFMA Virtual Fall Conference event and we’ve got the goods in advance. Here is a sneak peek of the three key…
Read More Sneak Peek: Renewed Revenue at AZ HFMA’s Fall Conference
Due to the nature of serving a smaller population with limited resources, Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) often function in a narrow space between operating in the green and red. This means any small advantage can become significant, which is why…
Read More Critical Access Hospitals: How Technology and Transparency Boost Revenue
The latest wave of COVID-19 hospitalizations has healthcare systems nationwide once again struggling to stay afloat. Many indicating they are experiencing worse operating conditions and greater numbers of COVID cases than they did at the onset of the pandemic in…
Read More Health Systems Struggle to Stay Afloat in the Ceaseless Waves of COVID Hospitalizations
Despite the federal program put in place to assist rural critical care facilities with the challenges of funding, hospitals that qualify as Critical Access are still in trouble. In the last decade, nearly 140 rural hospitals closed their doors, a…
Read More The Patient Financial Experience holds the Key to Revenue for Critical Access Hospitals
Critical access hospitals fill a much-needed care gap for rural communities in America. They serve an estimated 18% of the US population. While Congress created the CAH designation to assist in the budgetary challenges of operating these critical care facilities,…
Read More 3 Critical Challenges for Critical Access Hospitals
The peak-end rule is a cognitive bias that explains how we process experiences and store memories of events. Based on a 1993 study by Daniel Kahneman, the peak-end rule determined that regardless of the overall experience, or rather the average…
