Healthcare - Revenue Cycle Management
From patient access and coding to posting, AR follow-up, and appeals-stabilize RCM with staffing or outcome SLAs, QA, controls, and evidence-linked dashboards.
Typical Pain Points
- Front-end eligibility & authorization errors creating avoidable denials
- Charge capture and coding backlogs; DRG/HCC accuracy risk
- Payment posting delays; unapplied/credit balances aging
- AR follow-up inefficiency by payer class; appeal kits inconsistent
- Prior-auth and medical necessity requirements changing by payer
- Fragmented dashboards; no single source for denial taxonomy & trends
Roles We Staff
- Patient Access: eligibility, benefits, pre-auth, scheduling
- Charge Entry & Charge Capture QA; Medical Records indexing
- Coding: ProFee, Facility, HCC, HEDIS abstractions (per scope)
- Payment Posting & Cash App; credit balance resolution
- AR Follow-up by payer; Denials/Appeals specialists
- QA auditors, Trainers, WFM & BI/Reporting analysts
Outcomes & Examples
- Clean claim rate ; avoidable denials via front-end QA & checklists
- Coding accuracy AQL target; backlog burn-down with cycle-time SLAs
- Cash acceleration: unapplied/credit balances aging
- AR p90 aging ; overturn % on appeals with standard evidence kits
- Denial taxonomy & trends visible with drill-to-evidence
- Audit-ready artifacts aligned to payer/regulatory requirements
Controls & Compliance
- PHI handling with least-privilege RBAC; JML & quarterly reviews
- BAA + policy alignment; payer-specific evidence requirements
- AQL sampling per lane; dual-review for high-risk DRGs/HCCs
- Change control for payer rules, LCD/NCD, and coding updates
- Audit trail: who/when/what for claim edits and appeals
Tooling Ecosystem
- EHR/PM: Epic Resolute, Cerner/Oracle, Meditech, NextGen, Athena
- Clearinghouses & Portals: Availity, Change Healthcare*, payer portals (*replace if needed)
- Coding: 3M, TruCode, encoder tools; CAC where applicable
- WFM/QA/Ticketing: ServiceNow/Jira; internal QA consoles
- BI & Docs: Power BI/Tableau; SharePoint/Confluence evidence
KPIs We Track
- Clean claim rate; first-pass resolution %
- DNFB days; coding accuracy AQL; coder productivity
- Unapplied cash aging; credit balance cycle-time
- AR aging (p50/p90) by payer; denial overturn %
- Top denial reasons; avoidable vs. unavoidable mix
- Audit ask turnaround; definition adherence
Model
Staffing
Patient access, coding, posting, AR follow-up with QA sampling.
ExploreModel
Managed Services
Outcome SLAs (clean claim %, overturn %, aging) with dashboards & evidence.
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Consulting
Diagnostics to design denial taxonomy, appeal kits, and close-the-loop dashboards.
DiagnosticsAccelerate cash. Reduce denials.
Well propose staffing or outcome SLAs for access, coding, posting, AR, and appeals-backed by QA and evidence.