HealthLeaders Media April 14, 2022
An organization’s denial rate is a good barometer of its overall financial health and the soundness of its revenue cycle. A recent survey details how organizations stack up.
Although most organizations do a good job of tracking denials by reason, payer, and volume, they miss the mark when communicating information about appeals, appeal success rates, and how—or even if—denials and appeals data is passed on to payer contracting staff, according to the results of HCPro’s HIM Briefings’ 2022 Denials Management Survey.
The battle against denials gained new urgency due to the financial fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. Revenue shortfalls, combined with staff and budget cuts, meant it was crucial for revenue cycle leaders to make the best use of available...