In just 20 years, self-pay care revenue loss for providers has nearly doubled. In 2000, providers lost $21.6 billion to Uncompensated care costs, and in 2020 that cost grew to $42.67 billion....
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The Art of Empathy in Healthcare Auditing & Compliance
Healthcare is a people-centric industry. Clinically, frontline workers provide care to patients, support staff guide patients through their time in the hospital and even financial counselors work...
Self-Pay Management Re-Imagined: How to Examine and Evolve Your Self-Pay Process for 2022
When industry professionals consider and define self-pay management today, their view is often narrow, focused almost solely on screening and enrollment. For many organizations, self-pay management...
Is Your Healthcare Revenue Integrity Up to Par?
Healthcare revenue integrity is the holistic process of managing revenue cycle-related people, processes and platforms to eliminate issues that lead to noncompliance, revenue leakage and...
Audit Compliance Strategies for Hospitals with Multiple Facilities
When it comes to audit management and response, Individual hospitals face their fair share of internal obstacles and workplace issues. But in large health systems, run-of-the-mill problems...
Bluemark Acquisition Statement
We have some exciting news to share about the future of Bluemark. We have agreed to be acquired by Office Ally, a leading provider of electronic clearinghouse and healthcare software solutions. This...
Strategies to Address the Labor Shortage in Revenue Cycle Management
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a lasting, major disruption to the U.S. workforce, including hospitals and health systems. An estimated 2.2 million Americans have exited the workforce entirely...
Bluemark Welcomes Back Stewart Presser as Senior Strategic Advisor
Bluemark is pleased to welcome back Stewart Presser as Senior Strategic Advisor. Stew has worked alongside the Bluemark team in various capacities for over a decade. In this new role, he will assist...
10 Years of esMD: How to Achieve Electronic Document Submission Success in 2022
Happy birthday to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation (esMD) Program! At ten years old, we can say without a doubt it’s only getting...
How Can Healthcare Finance Technology Offer Relief in a Labor Shortage?
In September 2021, the United States added 194,000 jobs to the labor force. In that same month, hospitals collectively lost 8,000 jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. These...