by Dawn Crump, MA, CHC, SSBB | Feb 28, 2023 | Feature Articles
Healthcare organizations cannot expect to achieve financial sustainability without having a deliberate focus on ensuring revenue integrity. Only with such a focus can they deliver programs and services that are essential for coordinating internal efforts to maintain...
by Dawn Crump, MA, CHC, SSBB | Jan 25, 2023 | Blog
I recently collaborated with Jacqueline Erickson, RHIA, CRCR, to provide HIM professionals with valuable advice on how to plan for their 2023 internal audits. This Journal of AHIMA article is an important launch point for anyone involved in HIM and coding audits....
by Dawn Crump, MA, CHC, SSBB | Jan 18, 2023 | Feature Articles
Digital Innovation and Artificial Intelligence are two huge topics recently in the world of Healthcare IT. We’ve talked about the many areas in which they are actively making a difference, and the areas in which they could make a difference, if applied. Let’s now take...
by Dawn Crump, MA, CHC, SSBB | Jan 13, 2023 | Feature Articles
Healthcare staffing shortages, declining margins, and lower reimbursements brings renewed attention to operational expenditures. Yet as the volume of administrative work continues to climb, this means getting more done with fewer resources. So it may be a good time to...
by Dawn Crump, MA, CHC, SSBB | Nov 2, 2022 | Feature Articles
Clinically avoidable denials continue to impact revenue, slow cashflow and increase bad debt, yet CFOs have limited insight into why these denials occur and how to avoid them. Half of healthcare organizations hold more than 3% of total net patient revenue (NPR) in...