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Enterprise RCM & Prior Authorization Outsourcing

One operating partner for RCM, prior authorization, credentialing, eligibility, AAPC-credentialed coding, virtual medical assistants, AI automation, compliance, and IT support. HIPAA-compliant, SOC 2 Type II, HITRUST, and ISO 27001. Up to 70 percent savings.

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One vendor collapses eight separate back-office shops into a single operating partner for hospital systems and IDNs.

What is enterprise healthcare outsourcing for hospital systems?

What is hospital system and IDN outsourcing?

Hospital system and IDN outsourcing is the practice of moving RCM, prior authorization, credentialing, eligibility verification, AAPC-credentialed coding, virtual medical assistant, AI automation, compliance, and IT support work to one operating partner that serves the whole hospital system or integrated delivery network under one Business Associate Agreement. It lets the system run every administrative function around the clinical encounter under one vendor and one set of weekly SLAs instead of separate contracts per function.

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Enterprise healthcare outsourcing for hospital systems is the contracted delegation of revenue cycle management, prior authorization, credentialing, eligibility verification, AAPC-credentialed medical coding, denial management, and virtual medical assistant work to a HIPAA-compliant Business Associate operating under a signed BAA. For IDNs and acute-care systems, this typically covers claims management, AR follow-up, payment posting, and patient access, with HL7 and FHIR integration into Epic, Oracle Health, athenahealth, Cerner, eClinicalWorks, NextGen, or Allscripts. According to industry research, 70 percent of hospitals and health systems plan to expand RCM outsourcing engagements through 2026.

70% of hospitals and health systems plan to expand RCM outsourcing engagements through 2026Source: industry research (Auxis 2026 RCM Trends)

Billing, coding, denials, prior auth, credentialing, eligibility, VMA, AI automation, compliance, and IT support all sit under one BAA and one set of weekly SLAs.

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How does it differ from regular RCM outsourcing?

Regular RCM is scoped to one pillar; enterprise outsourcing covers every administrative function around the clinical encounter under one vendor, removing the handoff seams a hospital system normally absorbs across separate contracts.

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Tell us what you need. A named director replies within one business day.

Send us one workflow or your whole back office. We scope it, price it by the hour, and keep you month-to-month. No long-term lock-ins, no revenue share.

  • Named director, one business day response
  • HIPAA-compliant, SOC 2 Type II, BAA signed
  • US-based oversight, billed by the hour
  • 2-Week Risk-Free Pilot to prove the work first

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The numbers your finance team already tracks.

Margin pressure, denial rate creep, and the PA workload have hit at the same time. We move all three within 90 days.

Denial rate climbing five years straight
Kodiak Solutions Revenue Cycle Analytics (2,100+ hospitals, 300,000 physicians).
Source: Kodiak Solutions Revenue Cycle Analytics, 2020 to 2024.
Bottom quartile finished 2025 in the red
Hospital operating margin by performance quartile.
Source: Kaufman Hall National Hospital Flash Report, December 2025.
Up to 70% savings
Back-office cost: in-house vs Staffingly
Annual admin cost, fully loaded.
Based on US BLS median compensation for medical billers, coders, and credentialing specialists plus typical fully loaded employer cost.

How does Staffingly run RCM, prior auth, and credentialing for a hospital system?

It is a 14-day onboarding that follows the same four steps every time: Discovery, BAA and Security, Pilot Kickoff, then Scale or Refine.

1
Discovery

Day 1 to 2. Scope pillars, EHR, payer mix, denial pattern, and pilot success criteria.

2
BAA and Security

Day 3 to 5. BAA signed; EHR, clearinghouse, and payer portal access provisioned under zero-trust with MFA and audit logging.

3
Pilot Kickoff

Day 6 to 10. Named pilot lead and AAPC-credentialed staff trained on your workflows; shadow runs with daily QA.

4
Scale or Refine

Day 11 to 14. Claims, PAs, and tickets flow live with weekly QA and daily dashboards; decide at day 14 whether to scale.

1 Days 1-2 Discovery + scope 2 Days 3-7 BAA + security review 3 Days 8-10 Pilot kickoff 4 Days 11-14 Scale or refine

Which EHRs and clearinghouses do you integrate with?

Staffingly operates as an overlay inside your existing infrastructure. We establish secure connections through your existing access interfaces without requiring complex system migrations:

  • Native EHR Environments: Epic Systems (Hyperspace/Rover), Oracle Health (Cerner Millennium), Meditech (Expanse), athenahealth (athenaOne), eClinicalWorks (11e), NextGen Healthcare, and Allscripts.
  • Clearinghouse Integrations: Real-time EDI transaction routing via Availity Essentials, Waystar, Trizetto Provider Solutions, and direct-to-payer regional gateways.

How long does enterprise onboarding actually take?

A single-pillar pilot runs the 14-day path above; a full multi-pillar deployment runs 4 to 6 weeks depending on pillar count and security review depth.

How does Staffingly compare to in-house operations and traditional enterprise BPOs?

Against in-house, Staffingly is roughly 70 percent cheaper at the same coverage. Against a traditional enterprise BPO, Staffingly is faster to live, certified deeper, and free of the revenue-share and 7-year lock-in terms.

  In-House Traditional Enterprise Vendor Staffingly
Pricing model Fully-loaded salary plus benefits plus taxes Revenue-share or percent of net patient revenue Transparent $299/wk blended, $299 to $399 per week per resource
Contract terms Open-ended W-2 headcount 5 to 10-year exclusive contract minimums Month-to-month, no lock-in, no setup fee
Onboarding speed 6 to 12 weeks to hire and train one role 6 to 12 months to full implementation 2 weeks for pilot, 4 to 6 weeks for full multi-pillar
Certifications Internal HIPAA training, varies by site HIPAA training, sometimes SOC 2 HIPAA-compliant, SOC 2 Type II, HITRUST, ISO 27001
Payer independence Yes Often payer-owned or payer-affiliated Fully independent, no payer ownership
AI layer None or one bolt-on vendor Patchwork of acquired point solutions Staffingly.AI Enterprise built into every pillar
Pilot offer Not applicable Paid implementation, no risk-free path 2-Week Risk-Free Pilot, no obligation to continue
Systemic Risk Alignment Full internal absorption of staffing overhead, turnover friction, and training costs. High exposure to vendor concentration limits. Contingent pricing penalizes increases in gross patient volumes. Predictable operating expense models. Vendor-absorbed turnover protection with built-in clearinghouse redundancy to insulate claim flows from single-point network outages.

All four certifications are independently verifiable. Current certificates available under NDA on request.

How much can a hospital system save by outsourcing the back office?

A mid-size hospital system spending around $2 million per year on in-house revenue cycle staff typically spends around $600,000 per year with Staffingly at the $299/week volume rate, roughly a 70 percent reduction with the same coverage and AAPC-credentialed staff.

Example 1
50-physician multi-specialty group
In-house RCM team$1.1M / yr
Staffingly equivalent$330K / yr
CoverageSame SLAs
Onboarding2 weeks
Annual savings $770K
Example 2
Mid-size hospital system
In-house back office$2.0M / yr
Staffingly equivalent$600K / yr
CoverageSame SLAs
Onboarding2 weeks pilot
Annual savings $1.4M
Example 3
10-location urgent care credentialing
In-house cred team$420K / yr
Staffingly equivalent$125K / yr
Time to first claimCut by half
Onboarding2 weeks
Annual savings $295K

The 70 percent figure is based on US Bureau of Labor Statistics median compensation plus typical fully-loaded employer cost. Savings vary by region, payer mix, and pilot scope.

What does this actually look like for hospital systems running with us?

Three anonymized engagements. Reference calls available under NDA.

Single-digit
Top-25 IDN in the Southeast

Denial rate moved into single digits within two quarters on a high-volume specialty PA scope; AR aging on the same buckets cut by roughly a third.

2 weeks
Multi-state acute-care system

Onboarding compressed after a 6-month queue at the prior vendor; pilot ran on PA across two service lines, then scaled into eligibility and AR.

90 days
Regional health system in the Midwest

AR backlog cleared inside 90 days of pilot kickoff under daily QA; the system retained the work and added two more pillars the next quarter.

All outcomes verified against internal records.

Run a 2-week pilot on one service line.

Pick the pillar where you want depth fastest. No setup fee, no revenue-share, no 7-year lock-in.

Common questions from enterprise healthcare leaders.

Seven buyer-side questions we get on every enterprise call. Direct, conversational, web-verified answers.

What is enterprise healthcare outsourcing for hospital systems?
One external partner runs revenue cycle, prior authorization, credentialing, insurance verification, VMA, AI automation, compliance, and IT support across a hospital system or IDN. Staffingly covers all eight pillars with no 7-year lock-ins and no revenue-share pricing.
How much does enterprise healthcare outsourcing cost for a hospital system?
A mid-size hospital system spending around $2 million per year in-house typically spends around $600,000 per year with Staffingly at the $299/week volume rate, delivered by AAPC-credentialed staff. Pricing starts at $399 per week per dedicated resource.
How quickly can Staffingly onboard a hospital system?
Pilots go live within 2 weeks of contract execution. A full multi-pillar deployment runs 4 to 6 weeks depending on pillar count and security review depth.
What certifications should a hospital system look for in an outsourcing vendor?
A full compliance stack: HIPAA-compliant workflows, SOC 2 Type II, HITRUST, and ISO 27001. Staffingly maintains all four with independent third-party attestations and current documentation available under NDA.
How do you handle the Change Healthcare-style concentration risk?
We run redundant clearinghouse coverage across Availity, Waystar, Trizetto, and direct payer portals so a single-vendor outage does not stop claim flow. The 2024 Change Healthcare attack impacted 94 percent of hospitals; our multi-clearinghouse posture is designed for that failure mode.
Which EHRs and clearinghouses do you support for hospital systems?
Epic, Oracle Health (Cerner), Meditech, athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, NextGen, Kareo, AdvancedMD, Allscripts on the EHR side; Availity, Waystar, Trizetto, and direct payer portals on the clearinghouse side. Our Healthcare IT Support pillar handles EDI, ERA, and zero-trust access as part of onboarding.
What pilot scope do you recommend for a first engagement?
One pillar on one service line: prior auth on a high-volume specialty, denials and AR recovery on aged buckets, or credentialing for a newly acquired group. Visible SLA, denial, and AR metrics are produced within 14 days of go-live.
2-Week Risk-Free Pilot

Outsource enterprise healthcare operations. Run a 2-week pilot on one service line. Decide from real data.

Pick one pillar. Hand us one queue. See denial trend, AR recovery, SLAs, and clean-claim rate in under 14 days. Month-to-month after the pilot. No 7-year lock-ins. No revenue-share.

  • End-to-end RCM, denial management, AR follow-up, AAPC-credentialed coding
  • Prior authorization, eligibility, credentialing, payer enrollment
  • BAA management, OIG/SAM monitoring, HIPAA risk and SOC 2 readiness
  • EHR optimization across Epic, Oracle Health, athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, NextGen, Allscripts, AdvancedMD, Meditech

HIPAA-Compliant . SOC 2 Type II . HITRUST . ISO 27001 . MGMA 2026 . 800+ providers served . Up to 70 percent savings.

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