Week of October 5, 2024: Essential September RCM news + Exclusive EHR/EMR selection guide

2024 has seen a wave of layoffs sweep across hospitals, health systems, and the healthcare industry as a whole. We decided to ask healthcare professionals and the decision-makers who manage them about the truths and struggles behind these job cuts — read the full findings here.

Help your practice thrive with this week’s additional stories:

Do you have medical billers on your staff? If so, here are tips on how to create incentive plans that inspire them to do their best work. Also, did you know that 56% of billers struggle with retrieving payments due to inaccurate patient data collection by practices? Learn expert tips on how to combat bad habits that slow insurance payouts and more.

In the rapidly evolving world of healthcare, employees and leaders face a labyrinth of challenges and opportunities. Healthcare professionals need to keep up with medical advancements while also grappling with changing workplace dynamics, and making decisions about their own futures such as the role AI could play in staffing and medical intelligence.

Tebra has a keen interest in capturing the pulse of this transformation, so we recently conducted a comprehensive survey to gain insights from 664 healthcare workers, including team members and the decision-makers who manage them. Learn about the results here.

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