What CFOs Need to Know About the 2027 Maternity Coding Changes
Starting January 1, 2027, the way maternity billing is handled is changing. The American Medical Association (AMA) is retiring the global obstetric billing model, which has traditionally bundled care for …
Supporting Ballad Health’s Epic Phase II Rolllout
From 2011 to 2025, JTS Health Partners served as a trusted, long-standing Epic implementation consulting partner to Ballad Health, guiding the organization through multiple successive phases of complex technology transformation. …
RHT Program Dollars | Updated Information for Hospital CFOs to Know
According to the Chartis’ 2026 analysis, more than 40% of US rural hospitals are performing at a loss and 417 might close. But the upside to this trajectory is that …
Closing the CAH Cost-to-Charge Ratio Gap
The hospital chargemaster is core to revenue cycle management (RCM) and the financial success of any hospital-even critical access hospitals (CAHs). An up-to-date, accurate chargemaster will help hospitals prevent revenue …
Getting Ahead of Claims Denials: What Top Performers Do Differently
In the healthcare world, claims denials are a fact of life. For rural hospitals, they are particularly costly. But they don’t have to be. With the right staffing, processes and …
Protecting Your Hospital’s Mission: What CFOs at Rural Hospitals Can Do to Tackle Financial Challenges
Protecting the hospital mission by defending its margin is the main charge of any Chief Financial Officer (CFO). At rural hospitals that job is particularly formidable. From rising costs to …
How Much Is Your Hospital Losing Through A Poor Charge Capture Process?
All hospitals deserve to be paid for the services they provide. As every chief financial officer (CFO) knows, that doesn’t always happen. Full and partial denials are unmistakable causes of …
How HIM Drives Real Revenue Gains
In an ideal world, hospital claims would be processed within days of service delivery, every claim would be accurate and compliant and reimbursement would be timely and appropriate for every …
What is the MSPQ?
In revenue cycle management, expertise in specific CMS tools is crucial to protecting revenue. The MSPQ is a key tool in the process of ensuring claims are paid by the appropriate …
What Rural & CAH CFOs Need to Know About the Rural Health Transformation Program
This year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin distributing funds from the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program, enacted last July as part of the One Big …
How AI Is Changing Revenue Cycle Management—and What Hospital CFOs Should Do
To those who don’t work in healthcare (and even some who do), the revenue cycle can be a mysterious back-office function. In reality, the revenue cycle is the lifeline of …
2026 Proposed Rule Changes Regarding Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information
Proposed Rule Change to Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed rule change on January 6, 2025, to …
Cerner CommunityWorks Best Practices for Pre- and Post-Implementation
Cerner CommunityWorks Best Practices for Pre- and Post-Implementation Smaller community, fewer challenges? On the contrary. Healthcare organizations such as community, critical access and specialty hospitals often face trials that their …
Medicare Advantage Claim Denials Continue to Challenge Providers + Limit Access to Care
Medicare Advantage Denials
Using Analytics to Improve Revenue Cycle Management
Why are healthcare organizations of many different types and sizes dealing with similar financial challenges?
