Reimbursement Matters
Keeping an Eye on 8 New Payment Trends
Creating financial sustainability and managing time-consuming and frustrating payment policies are continuing challenges; tracking these ever-evolving trends should be a core task of your revenue cycle management team.
AUGUST 25, 2025
Best of ASHP 2025: Improving Medication Reconciliation
Victoria Lubarsky, RPH, shared how investigators were able to transform the medication reconciliation process at a large academic medical center, at the annual ASHP Pharmacy Futures meeting in Charlotte, N.C.
JULY 11, 2025
Best of ASHP 2025: Increasing Importance of Data Integrity in the Revenue Cycle
Bonnie Kirschenbaum details how valuable accurate data can be within the reimbursement system for both payers, patients and providers, and how the importance of data integrity is only going to grow.
JULY 2, 2025
Keeping an Eye on New Reimbursement Trends
Creating financial sustainability and managing time-consuming and frustrating payment policies are continuing challenges, with pressure mounting from both governmental and commercial payors.
JULY 1, 2025
Let’s Not Forget About Revenue-Generating Processes!
Healthcare is undergoing several drastic changes, including workforce reductions, tariffs that may lead to major supply chain disruptions and regulatory upheaval.
MAY 23, 2025
Please Don’t Stumble on These 4 Payment Basics!
Data integrity is an integral, vital part of ensuring that not only is the patient’s story told accurately and completely, but that all claims are processed, submitted and paid.
APRIL 29, 2025
It’s Time to DO(d)GE Data Lapses in 2025 and Beyond
Expectations abound when new administrations bring new ideas and new challenges with policy changes!
APRIL 22, 2025
Here’s How to Properly Bill for Wasted Drugs
The fundamental principle in billing for wasted drugs is that the medication in specific types of manufacturer single-dose packaging actually is wasted. Of course, there are many other provisions that must be in place for this tricky revenue cycle transaction.
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Heads Up: 8 Payment Changes and Challenges in 2025!
We’ve entered a new year and a new era with major proposed changes to healthcare. How sturdy are your three pillars of payment?
JANUARY 16, 2025
Catching Up With Coding Updates
Any documentation in the medical record, including all medications, drugs and biologicals, needs to accurately depict patient and treatment complexity.
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
The Proposed CY 2025 OPPS/ASC and PFS Payment Rules
It may seem a bit early to plan your New Year’s Eve celebrations, but it’s definitely not too soon to start thinking about how your health system will comply with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed new Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule sets that will be finalized and begin on Jan. 1, 2025.
OCTOBER 25, 2024
5 Steps for Keeping Your CDM Alive and Well
My August column encouraged you to take a deep dive into your facility’s charge description master (CDM).
AUGUST 20, 2024
