Becker's Healthcare April 24, 2019
Managing a healthcare organization’s revenue cycle is not for the faint of heart.
More than 30 revenue cycle executives gathered earlier this year at the Becker’s Hospital Review 4th Annual Health IT + Revenue Cycle Conference to discuss the top challenges, priorities and pressures they’re facing in a swiftly changing field.
Below are a few highlights from that roundtable, as well as results from real-time poll questions we posed to participants throughout the session.
1. Disruption from consumerism
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of participants selected consumerism as the most significant disruptor, ahead of value-based care, the rise of retail clinics, telehealth, government-mandated quality reporting and mergers.
2. Increasing patient financial responsibility
Related to consumerism, 79% of respondents identified the growing number...