What is Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) in Healthcare?

What this video covers

This video gives a plain-language tour of the revenue cycle, stage by stage, with the key metrics that show whether each stage is healthy. It is designed for practice owners, new administrators, and clinicians moving into management who want a working understanding of RCM without the jargon. It closes with common failure points and where to start fixing them.

• RCM starts at scheduling. Eligibility and benefits verification before the visit prevents the denials that are hardest to fix after the fact.
• Eight linked stages. Registration, authorization, charge capture, coding, submission, posting, denials, and collections each hand work to the next stage.
• Metrics tell the truth. Clean claim rate, denial rate, and days in A/R reveal cycle health faster than any staff meeting can.
• Denials deserve a process. Typical practices see 5 to 10 percent of claims denied, and a defined appeal workflow recovers much of it.

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