Erin Lovett
SSG Sub, LLC Is Now Savista
New name marks company moving forward as a healthcare revenue cycle services business independent from nThrive ALPHARETTA, Ga., June 21, 2021 SSG Sub, LLC, formerly nThrive, Inc. Services Division, announced today a new corporate brand identity, Savista, and introduced the new name, logo, and ‘spark’ icon. Savista leverages its more than 30 years…
Three Keys to a Top-Notch Virtual Work Environment – for COVID-19 and Beyond
The COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic has prompted hospitals and health care organizations across the country to move to virtualization in key business practices and operate remotely. Most have already adopted some virtualization – telehealth, for example, is successfully providing patient access, care, better patient outcomes and expanded clinical productivity. Private insurance providers are expanding their telehealth…
7 Strategies to Boost Revenue Cycle Integrity and Performance
Making revenue cycle improvements is an evergreen effort for health care providers who understand the importance of continual outcome growth and patient satisfaction. Key to strengthening revenue cycle performance is a strong revenue integrity program. Here, we suggest seven key strategies in the middle of the health care revenue cycle that, when implemented to tackle…
5 Ways to Transform a Cancer Registry Program
In 2018, Cancer Surveillance Reporting across all standard setters was impacted by significant changes, including the addition of an estimated 227 data fields. These changes, coupled with the Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) workforce shortage, are leaving many health care organizations with unfilled positions in their cancer registry program and backlogs in their cancer surveillance reporting.…
Certified Tumor Registrar Shortage – Fill the Gap
The Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) workforce shortage is leaving many health organizations with unfilled positions and backlogs in their cancer surveillance reporting. The role of a cancer registrar is critical to collecting data for cancer treatment planning, research and clinical trials. Worldwide, the number of CTR professionals is limited and not growing quickly enough to…
Checklist: Prep for a Successful Coding Audit
Accurate and efficient medical coding is crucial to a healthcare provider’s ability to optimize reimbursement and meet compliance requirements. All hospitals and healthcare organizations should maintain a robust coding quality compliance plan with periodic coding audits while providing education opportunities to staff members that will strengthen coding processes. These coding audits are vital to assessing…
The Value of a Complete Medical Coding Quality Audit Program
One of the top defenses against risk, exposure and low reimbursements is a strong medical coding quality audit program. Partnering with a revenue cycle management company to implement this program, hospitals and health care organizations can achieve coding and financial success, quality outcomes, and avoid costly penalties. The program identifies areas of opportunity for risk…
Top 6 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Medical Coding Audit Vendor
Top 6 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Medical Coding Audit Vendor A trusted health care revenue cycle management vendor can be an invaluable partner when helping your hospital or medical organization develop and maintain a complete medical coding quality compliance program beyond the medical coding basics. Ensuring quality coding systems in healthcare is crucial when…
Want to be patient-centric? Expand Eligibility & Enrollment Services
Want to be patient-centric? Expand Eligibility & Enrollment Services In today’s health care environment of shrinking reimbursement dollars, what does it mean to be patient-centric, especially for those whose patient status is uninsured? Although it may sound like just another buzzword, it’s really about adopting a mindset focused on ways to uniquely support all…
Revenue cycle management issues? Reimbursements impacting margins? Consider outsourcing
Revenue cycle management issues? Reimbursements impacting margins? Consider outsourcing American’s have always had a healthy appetite for medical innovation, however access to the latest health solutions technology and medical advances comes at a price, fueling what today is a $3 trillion+ industry1. With an estimated 90 percent of the population now insured2, determining who…