COVID-19 Revenue Cycle Resource Center

Together, we can work through this.

We’re always in awe of the efforts you make to keep all your patients healthy, and our respect for your mission has never been deeper. As you work to meet the challenges of this pandemic, we have created this resource site to help you stay on top of the ever-changing news and updates. With your good work, and the natural cycle of these events, one day this pandemic will be behind us. We hope that day will arrive in the very near future.

If you'd like to stay up to date, bookmark this page, as we will continue to update it as new information develops.

COVID-19 Plays

We have created a series of new step-by-step plays that will help you track the right metrics to help meet the financial challenges this pandemic has created.

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Blog Posts

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03.12.24 // Brent Langston

The Outdated Practice of Security Questionnaires in Healthcare - Moving Towards a Real-Time Approach

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03.12.24 // Sean Kirby

Adapting to Change: Best practices you can put into place today to help manage the Change Healthcare outage

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02.27.24 //

Beyond Process and Tech: Cultivating a Collaborative Culture for Denials Prevention

Blog Thumbnail Five Security Questions to ask Vendors

02.27.24 // Brent Langston

The Five Essential Security Questions You Should Be Asking Your Vendors

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11.09.23 // Kimberly Hartsfield

Strategies for Effective Revenue Cycle Automation – Start Small

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11.09.23 // Kimberly Hartsfield

Don’t Miss The Opportunity: G2211 Primary Care Add On Payment in 2024

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11.02.23 // Kimberly Hartsfield

No Surprises Reboot

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11.01.23 //

Another Thing To Watch - Medicaid Redeterminations

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10.10.23 //

The $150K Email

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02.14.23 // Kimberly Hartsfield

Why Credit Balance Analytics Are More Important Than Ever

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01.12.23 // Kimberly Hartsfield

The Cost of Doing Nothing

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05.04.22 // Kimberly Hartsfield

Yes, Bots Break, But They Turn Data Into Dollars

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05.03.22 // Kimberly Hartsfield

No Wealth in Mental Health

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04.01.22 // Kimberly Hartsfield

Healthcare Compliance Can Deliver an ROI

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03.24.22 // Kimberly Hartsfield

Claims Status Success: Automation and Segmented Workflow

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03.22.22 // Kimberly Hartsfield

HIMSS Recap and CRISPR for Revenue Cycle

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03.09.22 // Kimberly Hartsfield

The Case For AI in the Healthcare Revenue Cycle

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03.09.22 // Kimberly Hartsfield

Consumerism Strategy for Revenue Cycle Operations

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03.08.22 // Kimberly Hartsfield

The Crisis For Rural Hospitals…Can They Be Saved?

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02.24.22 // Kimberly Hartsfield

You Pull, We Push: The VisiQuate Proactive Difference

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02.10.22 // Kimberly Hartsfield

Who Wants to do Thanksgiving Dishes Every Single Day? Hint: No One!

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02.02.22 // Kimberly Hartsfield

Anomaly Detection in the Revenue Cycle – Take Command of You Data

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01.24.22 // Kimberly Hartsfield

Revenue Cycle Management Rule of Three's

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01.19.22 // Kimberly Hartsfield

The Impact of Self-Pay On Revenue Cycle Management

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01.12.22 // Kimberly Hartsfield

Revenue Cycle Data Management – It’s Complicated

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01.05.22 // Kimberly Hartsfield

The No Surprises Act: A Whole Lot of Grey Area

2021 Yir Open Graph

12.30.21 // Kimberly Hartsfield

2021 Year in Review

Useful Articles

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04.26.20 // CMS

CMS Reevaluates Accelerated Payment Program and Suspends Advance Payment Program

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04.20.20 // AMA

CARES Act funding 'terms and conditions' raise concerns among hospital advocates

04.19.20 // CMS

CMS Issues Recommendations to Re-Open Health Care Systems in Areas with Low Incidence of COVID-19

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04.15.20 // CMS

New Waivers for Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Hospitals, Long-Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs), and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs) due to Provisions of the CARES Act

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04.11.20 // CMS

FAQs About Families First Coronavirus Response Act And Coronavirus Aid, Relief, And Economic Security Act Implementation Part 42

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04.09.20 // Becker's Hospital CFO Report

CMS sends $51B in advance payments to hospitals

Exchange Enrollment

04.08.20 // HFMA

Hospitals should partner with community groups to help educate the recently unemployed about exchange enrollment options

Revcycle Intelligence Hospital Reimbursement Uninsured

04.08.20 // Xtelligent Healthcare Media

Hospital Reimbursement for Uninsured COVID-19 Cases May Total $42B

Xtelligent Healthcare Hospital Stimulus

04.06.20 // Xtelligent Healthcare Media

Hospital Stimulus Funds to Pay for Uninsured COVID-19 Treatment

Mhealth Intelligence California Telehealth

04.05.20 // Xtelligent Healthcare Media

California Relaxes the Rules for mHealth, Telehealth Video Chats

Coronavirus Testing

04.03.20 // Besler

Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Billing for COVID-19 Testing

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04.03.20 // Becker's Hospital Review

The 27 telehealth services Aetna covers during COVID-19 and their codes

Beckers Insurance Opt In To Payments

04.02.20 // Becker's Payer Issues

AHA CEO asks insurers to opt in to interim, accelerated payments during COVID-19 pandemic

Modern Healthcare Hospital Relief

04.02.20 // Modern Healthcare

White House considers using hospital relief funds to pay for uninsured 

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03.30.20 // CMS

Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of COVID-19 in Hospitals, Psychiatric Hospitals, and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs): FAQs, Considerations for Patient Triage, Placement, Limits to Visitation and Availability of 1135 waivers.

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03.30.20 // Becker's Hospital CFO Report

CMS expands speedy payments to hospitals: 5 things to know

Covid Deadline Extended

03.30.20 // CMS

CMS delays filing deadline for cost reports

Prior Authorization

03.26.20 // Becker's Hospital CFO Report

Cigna, BCBS plan, Washington state removing prior authorization requirements

Ahip Insurer Policies

03.25.20 // AHIP

Health Insurance Providers Respond to Coronavirus (COVID-19) – A running list of how each insurance provider is taking action

Healthcare Finance News What Insurers Are Covering

03.24.20 // Healthcare Finance News

What insurers are covering during the COVID-19 pandemic

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03.24.20 // HFMA

Hospitals seek legal cover amid their coronavirus responses

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03.23.20 // Healthcare Payer Intelligence (Xtelligent Healthcare Media)

CMS Releases Four Medicaid Waiver Templates To Fight Coronavirus

Bdo

03.20.20 // BDO United States

Coronavirus Could Bring New Financial Pressures to Distressed Healthcare Industry

Surprise Billing

03.18.20 // The Hill

Lawmakers pushing to include surprise medical billing in coronavirus package

Surgery Guidelines

03.18.20 // CMS

CMS Guidelines for Adult Elective Surgery and Procedures

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08.18.20 // CMS

CMS Releases Recommendations on Adult Elective Surgeries, Non-Essential Medical, Surgical, and Dental Procedures During COVID-19 Response

Telemedicine

03.17.20 // CMS

Medicare Telemedicine Health Care Provider Fact Sheet

Cpt Codes

03.16.20 // AMA

New CPT code for COVID-19 testing: What you should know

Bill

03.13.20 // USC-BROOKINGS SCHAEFFER

What are the health coverage provisions in the House coronavirus bill?

Rev Cycle Intelligence

03.10.20 // RevCycle Intelligence

How COVID-19 Is Impacting the Healthcare Revenue Cycle

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