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Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) in Healthcare: Part 2

June 1, 2022June 22, 2022 Adam Shewmaker, FHFMA ■ analytics, ■ claim management, ■ claim submission, ■ patient statement, ■ start, ■ start of claim, â– , analytics, balance of the claim, bill, charge entry, claim denial, claim management, claim submission stage, claim submission stage of the process, clinical function, collection of patient service revenue, collection stage, credentialing, determine insurance eligibility, eligible payment, facet of care, full scope of patient care, healthcare, healthcare professional, healthcare revenue cycle, HIPAA, insurance, insurance eligibility, insurer, itemized list, itemized list of charge, MD-Update #139, opportunity, overview of the revenue cycle process, patient 's visit, patient care, patient collection stage, patient schedule, patient service revenue, patient-centered, patient-centered approach, patient-focused, payment, provider, RCM, RCM process, RCM strategy, RCM team, reduce claim denial, resubmission, revenue, revenue cycle, revenue cycle management, revenue cycle of claim, revenue cycle process, significant point of friction, silo, statement of financial obligation, strategy, uncertainty of expense, vital demographic information

Editor’s Note: Part 1 of Revenue Cycle Management was published in MD-Update #139, April 2022. It is available online at

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News News & Events 

News – Apr 2022

April 1, 2022June 22, 2022 MD-Update Staff affiliate practice, baptist health, Berea, BEREA saint, cardiology, chief executive officer of family practice associate of Lexington, chief operation officer, clinic, commissioner, commonwealth urology, comprehensive lab service, Craig Gillispie, Daisy, Daisy award, diagnostic image center, FACMPE, family practice associate, future of Lexington clinic, Genuity clinical research service, high-performing health care organization, image001 photo, image002 photo, Jason Mullins, Joseph Berea, KDL, KDL pathology, L., leadership, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lexington Lexington, Lexington Lexington clinic, Lexington-Fayette, LFUCG, LFUCG health department, LFUCG health department L., LFUCG health department S., local honor, McCullough, MD-UPDATE, medical surgical unit team, medical-surgical, MHS, molecular pathology laboratory network, Mullins, new commissioner, new commissioner of health, new operation leadership, News, News item, operation leadership, operation officer, organization 's strategic objective, PA-C, pathology laboratory network, patient care, PhD, photo, physical therapy facility, physician, practice administrator, practice administrator of commonwealth urology, practice transformation effort, public health, Ranee, Ranee guard, S., servant leadership approach, Summit, Summit central laboratory, Summit express clinic, Summit medical group, Summit sleep service, therapy facility, third-floor, transformative vision, transition of the practice, unit team, value-based care

SEND YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO MD-UPDATE > news@md-update.com Lexington Clinic Names New Operations Leadership LEXINGTON Lexington Clinic announced two key

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Special Section 

Parlaying Personal Experience into Patient Care

October 1, 2021December 10, 2021 Donna Ison aesthetic surgery of the breast, alumnus fellow, board-certified, breast, breast cancer, breast reconstruction, breast reconstruction keep, breast reconstruction patient, cancer, care of the cancer, carpal tunnel, chief year, chief year of plastic surgery residency, Christine, Christine M. Kleinert institute fellowship, clinical professor, clinical professor of hand surgery, current president, current president of the Ohio valley society of plastic surgeon, expander, fat graft, fellow, fellowship, general surgeon, Gil Dunn Michelle Palazzo, good plan, graft, hand surgery, Harold Kleinert, image001 photo, incision, international alumnus fellow, Kentucky society, Kentucky society of plastic surgeon, Kleinert, Kutz, Louisville, LOUISVILLE/ new Albany, M., M. Kleinert, M. Kleinert institute fellowship, mastectomy, Michelle Palazzo, microsurgery, Ohio valley society, oncologist, Palazzo, patient care, plastic surgeon, plastic surgery residency, program director, realm of breast reconstruction, reconstruction, reconstructive surgery, Scott spear, St. Louis university, subsequent mastectomy, surgeon, surgery, surgery residency, tissue, top breast, university of Louisville

LOUISVILLE/ NEW ALBANY, IN Few physicians can say they have been both surgeon and patient for the same procedure. However,

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News News & Events 

News – Aug 2021

August 1, 2021October 18, 2021 MD-Update Staff $, $10.6 million partnership, 10.6, accreditation, American college, Aslam, Bahasa Indonesia, baptist health, baptist health team, Bardstown, Behnke, board-certified, cancer, cancer program, cardiology, Care, Care center, Care clinic, central Kentucky, chi, chi saint, chief executive officer, Cleveland, clinic, CoC, De La Cruz, Dimeling, Elizabeth, Elizabeth hospital, emergency, emergency room, ER, Flaget, Flaget memorial, Floyd, formal groundbreaking, freestanding ER, good care, group practice, gynecology, heart procedure, hospice, hospice center, hybrid emergency room, image001 image, innovation, intensive program, internal medicine, intuitive health, invasive heart procedure, J., Jefferson ridge development, JEFFERSONVILLE, Jewish hospital, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Kentucky, large group practice, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Louisville, Mary, MBA, medical degree, medical school, medicine, MedOne, MedOne hospital physician, Neltner, News, NSLI-Y, obstetrics, Ohio, onsite, patient care, photo, physician, primary care, procedure, provider, residency, Southern Indiana, Stephen J., stroke, stroke center, surgeon, surgery, TAVR, thoracic surgeon, thoracic surgery, transcatheter, undergraduate education, underserved, university of Virginia, UofL, UofL health, urgent care, urgent care clinic, Vasdev Lohano, year of experience

Baptist Health Teams Up with Intuitive Health, Breaks Ground on Southern Indiana’s First Freestanding ER and Urgent Care JEFFERSONVILLE, IN

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Special Section 

A Privilege to Serve

February 1, 2021April 14, 2021 Tim Corkran air traffic reporter, cardiothoracic, cardiothoracic surgeon, cardiothoracic surgery fellowship, chest, chest malady, chi, chi saint, coal mine 's decline, confident attitude, COVID-19, COVID-19 impact, early pediatric heart transplant, eastern Kentuckian, eastern Kentucky lifestyle, esophagus procedure, general surgery practice, general surgery residency, Hamid Mohammadzadeh, image001 photo, importance of early screen, incision, invasive surgery, invasive thoracic surgery, Jonathan Kiev, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph health 's cardiothoracic surgeon, Joseph health physician, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky lifestyle, Kiev, Leonard Bailey, Lexington radio station, Lexington surgeon, Loma Linda medical center, lung, mom, nodule, pack-a-day, pack-a-day smoker, patient care, pediatric heart surgeon, post-operative, pre-and post-operative walk, privilege, ravage of lung, reflux disease, Robert Salley, small incision, surgeon, surgery, surgery element, surgery practice, surgery residency, surgical ability, surgical work, thoracic surgery, thoracic surgery element, thorough information, Tulane university 's school, Tulane university 's school of medicine, typical chi saint

LEXINGTON Surgeons augment their surgical abilities with a confident attitude that reassures and empowers their patients. CHI Saint Joseph Health’s

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News News & Events 

News – Jun 2018

June 1, 2018July 3, 2018 MD-Update Staff accreditation, ace, ace accreditation, American academy, American association of family physician, baptist health, baptist Health-Lexington Spencer Jones, baptist medical group, cardiac catheterization, Care governance leadership award, catheterization, CEO, Cincinnati, Cincinnati child, Cincinnati child 's hospital, Clark, Clark memorial hospital, clinic, commitment, D., Elam, emergency, emergency medicine, endovascular, endovascular care, experience award, experience award honor, experience measure, experience survey, family medicine, fellowship, Health-Lexington Spencer Jones, healthcare, Healthgrades, hospital board member, hospital board member of baptist health, image001 photo, Indiana, Indiana community, injection, Joseph, Joseph hospital, Kentucky, Kentucky hospital association, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KHA, KHA convention, KHA quality award, Kristi Farmer-Lykins, lady, lady of peace, Lai, lead online resource, leadership, Lexington, Lexington baptist health, Lexington Spencer Jones, LLC, long-acting, Mechanicsburg, medical center, medicine, member of the American osteopathic association, MS, nationally-accepted, News, Nicholasville road, osteopathic medicine, outcome, outpatient, outstand patient experience award, outstand patient experience award honor, patient care, patient experience measure, patient experience survey, patient safety, pediatric emergency medicine, pediatrics, percutaneous coronary intervention, physician, quality award, rehab, rehabilitation, safety, SIRH, Southern Indiana Rehab, Southern Indiana Rehab hospital, specialty, sport institute, sport medicine, Stevenson, suite 208, TriHealth, TriHealth orthopedics, U, university of Cincinnati, university of Kentucky, vascular service, Vibra, Vibra Healthcare

Baptist Medical Group Adds Internist LEXINGTON Spencer Jones, DO, has joined Baptist Health Medical Group Internal Medicine at 2101 Nicholasville

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GHP Ad Special Section 

Connect the Docs

May 1, 2018September 14, 2020 Jim Kelsey advancement, agent work, anorectal, anorectal motility, Barrett, Barrett 's esophagus, biologic agent, bowel, bowel disease, Brown, burdensome cost, C., capsule endoscopy, cause of liver transplant, centralized bill, clinical study, combine resource, complication, core of patient care, difficult presentation, disorder, docs, endoscopic, endoscopic procedure, endoscopy, Endoscopy unit, ERCP, esophageal motility, esophagus, Evans, gastroenterologists, Gastroenterologists deal, gastroenterology, gastroenterology health, Gastroenterology health partner, Gastroenterology of Southern Indiana, GI, GI motility, Gil Dunn Dr. Paul Brown, group 's patient base range, group treat, Harrell, heartburn, hepatitis, high quality of patient care, image001 photo, image002 photo, immune system, inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory response of the body, infusion of drug, life-changing development, liver, Louisville, Louisville Gastroenterology, Louisville Gastroenterology associate, Louisville school, medication, merger, motility, motility disorder, neat combination, neat combination of procedure-oriented work, new oral medication, office-oriented, office-oriented work, pancreas, pancreatitis, partner, patient care, patient of the group 's, photo, pre-cancerous, president of Gastroenterology health partner, procedure, procedure-oriented, procedure-oriented work, provided large data, Steven Harrell, stool analysis, success rate percentage, swallow, therapeutic endoscopy, thorough care, track outcome, treatment of hepatitis C., trouble, trouble swallow, ultrasound, university of Louisville school of medicine, world of gastroenterology

LOUISVILLE & NEW ALBANY, IN As Steven Harrell, MD, says, “Gastroenterologists deal with everything from the esophagus to the anus

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Cancer Care Cardiology Cover Story Health Topics Heart & Lung 

Two Teams. One System. Comprehensive Care.

April 1, 2017July 17, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton Albany, baptist health, benign disease of esophagus, Bousamra, breath, breath analysis, breath analysis study, Brian Bohannon, cancer, cancer center, Care, chest, Christiana Care, Christiana Care health system, clinic, comprehensive care, courtesy of baptist health, CT, CT scan, CT screen, CT screen program, esophageal cancer, esophagus, excite possibility, Floyd, full range of general thoracic surgical procedure, full-service, general surgery residency, general thoracic surgery, general thoracic surgical procedure, good outcome, guideline, heart side, heart side of the equation, hernia, hiatal, hiatal hernia, high risk, hospital stay, improved surgical outcome, innovative clinical trial, invasive procedure, invasive technique, Jonathan kraut, Kentucky, kraut, linker, Louisville, low-dose, lung, lung cancer, lung program, medical director, medical director of the oncology program, medical school, Medicare, Michael Bousamra, Mo. Bousamra, multidisciplinary lung, multidiscipline, new Albany, new drug, oncologist, oncology, oncology program, optimal patient care, outcome, patient care, patient morbidity, photo, procedure, progressive refinement, proven program, radiation, rapid return of function, residency, revolutionary advance, rib, Robert linker, scan, screen, service task force, St. Luke 's Mid America, steady mentality, surgeon, surgeon kraut, surgery, surgery practice, surgery program, surgery residency, thoracic surgeon, thoracic surgeon kraut, thoracic surgery, thoracic surgery practice, thoracic surgery program, thoracic surgery residency, treatment of lung cancer, U, US preventive service task force, USPSTF, vat

LOUISVILLE & NEW ALBANY, IND. Often, when it comes to heart and lung programs, it is the heart side of

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Cardiology Heart & Lung Special Section 

Access is Everything

April 1, 2017July 17, 2017 Donna Ison ADA-compliant facility, affluent counterpart, Americares, Americares study, army of people, aspect of cardiovascular care, blanket of access, cardiac care clinic, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiovascular care, cardiovascular ultrasound lab, care of the majority of patient schedule, clinic, clinic 's early stage, clinic co-founder, clinic lie, co-founder, coronary care, downtown Louisville, Dr. Michael Imburgia, echo stress test, echo techs, event monitor, FASE, federally-qualified, free care, half bus ride, heart clinic, Imburgia, Imburgia 's message, individual seek treatment, intermittent phone service, l-r, list of specialist, Louisville, Louisville 's uninsured Louisville heart disease, Louisville cardiology facility, Louisville heart disease, Louisville metro health equity report, medical director of the outpatient, Michael Imburgia, new ADA-compliant facility, new model of care, non-for-profit, non-for-profit clinic, not-for-profit clinic lie, nurse, open of the downtown facility, Park DuValle, patient care, patient schedule, pay-it-forward, qualify person, RDCS, Sandy Imburgia, sister visitor center, St. Matthews, Sue Dillon, ultrasound lab, underserved area of the community, vascular test, willing provider

LOUISVILLE Heart disease does not discriminate based on sex, race, or religion. However, it seems poverty does play a role.

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Cancer Care Special Section 

Treatments May Vary

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Jim Kelsey acupuncture, Albany, baptist health, cancer, cancer treatment, chemotherapy, Chowhan, director of medical oncology service, end of weight loss, FACP, Floyd, genetic test, hematology, immunotherapy, individualized oncology, killer, lung, lung cancer, medical oncology service, molecular makeup, narcotic pain killer, Naveed Chowhan, new Albany, oncology, oncology service, one-size-fits-all cancer treatment, pain, pain killer, patient care, side effect, supplement ad, targeted therapy, therapy, world of cancer treatment

NEW ALBANY, IND “Individual results may vary.” We hear it so often as a disclaimer at the end of weight

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