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Healthcare receivables management has become an important issue to healthcare providers with the rising cost of healthcare. Contingency agencies, medical debt buyers, and technology vendors in the medical receivables industry are responding by offering healthcare receivables management and medical debt collection services while building sound partnerships with hospital systems, physician groups, and healthcare associations. The recovery of delinquent health care receivables via medical debt collection will continue to have a strong impact on the vast and complex U.S. healthcare industry.
Free reports on healthcare receivables management from insideARM:
- 11 Tips for Improving Return on Healthcare Receivables
- Curses or Cures: State Regulations, Hospital Creditors, and the Medical Receivables Industry
- The Tangled Web of Google Health: Online Medical Records Could Change Healthcare Receivables Strategies
- Healthcare Receivables Management: Strategic Data on a Growing Market
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News Headlines
- AHA Seeks Changes to IRS Form Detailing Charity Care, Debt Collection Practices 3/19/10
- Numbers from the ARM Industry’s First Virtual Trade Show 2/26/10
- Phony Health Insurance Plans on the Rise, Impacting Collections 2/25/10
- insideARM’s EXPO 3.0 Virtual Exhibition is Live Today 2/16/10
- Derailed Health Care Reform Effort Will Not Mean Business as Usual for ARM Industry 1/21/10
- Senate Passes Health Care Bill; Reconciliation Will Bear Final Benefits 12/24/09
- ARM Professionals Discuss Senate Plan to Expand Medicare 12/11/09
- Best Places to Work in Collections Winner Profile: Professional Account Services, Inc. 12/10/09
- Bad Debt Expense Up at For-Profit Hospitals 12/4/09
- Consumer Directed Health Plan Growth Could be Boost for Smaller, Local ARM Professionals 11/25/09
- Some States Continue Health Care Reform Efforts Despite Budget Deficits 11/19/09
- Banks and Health Care Debt Collectors Poised to Benefit from Rise in HSA Growth 11/12/09
- ACA International Board Halts Plans for Self Regulation in Collection Industry 11/5/09
- Removing Antitrust Exemption Will Have Little Impact on Health Insurers 10/29/09
- Public Health Care Plan Option Gains Favor with Americans Amid Health Insurer Mishaps 10/23/09
- ARM Professionals Look For Cost Containment in Health Care Reform 10/16/09
- Restrictive Debt Collection Language in Reform Bill Targets Hospitals, Not Debt Collectors 10/9/09
- State Lawmakers Seek Legislative Solutions to Health Care Reform Mandates 9/28/09
- Workers Pick up the Tab for Rising Health Care Premiums in Employer-Sponsored Family Plans 9/17/09
- Follow Michael Lamm on Twitter at AAHAM Regional Meeting 9/15/09
- Obama says he won’t Back Down on Public Plan as Choice for Affordable Health Care Coverage 9/10/09
- Survey Says Health Care Reform Still Popular as ARM Industry Examine Changes 9/3/09
- ARM Companies with Immigrant Collections Expertise May Get Boost from Reform 8/28/09
- ARM Industry Weighs Impact of Health Care Reform on Business 8/21/09
- Employee Share of Prescription Drug Cost to Pressure Bad Debt Expense 8/13/09
- New On-line Payment Service Aims to Speed Small Balance Collections 8/3/09
- Patient’s Death Renews Calls on Capitol Hill to Limit Specialty-Hospital Growth 7/21/09
- Health Care Reform Bills Would Hit ARM Firms as Businesses, Rather than as Collectors 7/17/09
- Unpaid Medical Bills and Health Care Initiatives Increasing Demand for ARM Help 7/9/09
- Recent Acquisition Gives ARM Firm New Healthcare Services Expertise 6/18/09
- Follow Michael Klozotsky on Twitter at the HFMA Conference 6/15/09
- ARM Industry Gets Face Time with Lawmakers on Health Care Reform Proposals 6/12/09
- Medical Collection Agency Acquisitions Help Software Developer Sell Product 5/29/09
- Health Care Reform May Restrict Hospitals’ Collection Outsourcing Activities 5/22/09
- Expanding Nurse Practitioners Primary Care Role Could Lower Medical Bad Debt Balances 5/15/09
- Fast-Tracked Health Care Reform May Have Little Impact on ARM Industry in Short Term 5/1/09
- SCHIP Expansion May Present Lower Cost Collection Opportunities 4/24/09
- VIDEO INTERVIEW: Jim Richards, Capio Partners 4/7/09
- Walgreens Looks to Make a Larger Footprint on Basic Health Care Delivery 4/3/09
- Room For Healthcare Reform in President’s Budget: Analysts 3/27/09
- Best Places to Work in Collections Winner Profile: National Patient Account Services 3/23/09
- State Lawmakers Seek Other Ways to Reduce Health Care Cost; Limiting Interest on Debt and Exec Pay 3/20/09
- Grassley, Bingaman to Continue Crusade for Charity Care Definitions, Mandates 3/12/09
- Growing Retail Clinic Industry Could Impact Self-Pay Collections Volume 3/5/09
- Retail Clinics Poised to Gain from Medicaid and SCHIP Expansion 2/26/09
- Field of Medical Debt Buyers Narrows Further with Capio Partners Acquisition 2/19/09
- Stimulus Provides More Emergency Aid to Health Care Industry than Job Creation 2/6/09
- New Committee Assignment Allows McCain to Play a Role in Health Care Reform 1/30/09
- Medical Debt Sellers Looking for Buyers in Weak Financial Market 1/23/09
- Lawsuit Sheds Light on Medical Data Practices as Trigger for Rising Self-Pay Balances 1/16/09
Analysis Headlines
- Changes in the Healthcare Industry that will Impact ARM Companies
- Medical ARM Firms Feeling Pressure of a Sour Economy
- The Cash Market in Healthcare
- Healthcare Self-Pay Collection - Recover from Those Who Can Pay
- Utilizing Revenue Cycle Platforms Benefit Both Patients and Hospitals
- Creditor Survey Underscores Anxiety about Current Economic Conditions
- Competition in Healthcare - Physician Hospitals as Instigators of Change
- Maximizing Revenues in Troubled Times: Proven Methods of Extracting Water from a Stone
- The Tangled Web of Google Health – Online Medical Records Could Change Healthcare Receivables Strategies
- Accounting for Bad Debt: Charity Care, IRS Form 990, and ARM
- How to Maximize the Effectiveness of your Healthcare Collection Agency
- The State of the Industry: What is Next for ARM?
- Healthcare Without a Net
- State Healthcare Reform and the Collection Industry
- Healthcare Debt: Not Your Typical Portfolio
- What Really Makes Healthcare Collections Unique
- Increasing Cash Collections: Best Practices for Healthcare Receivables Management
- Interview: Leigh Marcus, VP of Professional Claims Bureau, Inc
- Legislating Healthcare Funding and its Effects on ARM
- Interview: Jack Nixon of CMRE Financial Services, Inc
- HIPAA and Medical Collections: Staying Compliant Worth the Hassle
- Interview: Michael DiMarco, CEO of The Outsource Group
- Debt Buyers’ Growing Interest in Alternative Asset Classes
Research Headlines
- Kaulkin Report 7 Excerpt - Healthcare Industry is Unusually Diverse
- Healthcare ARM Report - Healthcare Providers and Receivables Management
- Healthcare ARM Report - Conclusion, Outlook, and Index
- Healthcare ARM Report - Suppliers to the Healthcare Sector of the ARM Industry
- Healthcare ARM Report - Threats to the Healthcare ARM Industry
- Healthcare ARM Report - The Healthcare Industry and its Need for Receivables Management
- Healthcare ARM Report - Healthcare Sector of the ARM Industry
- Global Debt Buying Report - Healthcare Receivables in the U.S.
Press Releases
- Apollo Health Street to Provide Accounts Receivable Management for St. Mary’s Health System of Evansville, Indiana 3/19/10
- Ontario Systems Announces Strategic Alliance with State Collection Service, Inc. 3/17/10
- Maxwell, Turner & Associates Expands Medical Collections Department 3/15/10
- MedAssets Inks Agreement for National Hospice Provider to Implement its Revenue Cycle Management Solutions 3/10/10
- Concuity Wins New Revenue Cycle Management Customer With ClearContracts 3/9/10
- NCO Group Announces Expansion of Its Healthcare Remittance Processing Service Solution 3/5/10
- Connance Vendor Management Platform Extended To Hospitals’ Professional Billing Activity 3/4/10
- Executive Change: Acclaim Radiology Management Names Wendy Lomers Chief Financial Officer 2/26/10
- Ontario Systems Announces Range of Professional Services for the Accounts Receivable Management Industry 2/10/10
- MDHBA Institute Will be Held this April in Chicago 2/10/10
- MDHBA Offers a New Look and Services in 2010 2/8/10
- Keynote Systems' Mobile Monitoring Solution Selected by Voxiva, a Leading Provider of Mobile Health Solutions, as Technology Partner for the Text4baby Campaign 2/5/10
- Global Debt Registry Announces the Registration and Title Transfer of Its One-Hundredth Receivable Portfolio 2/5/10
- Executive Change: SquareTwo Financial Names Paul A. Larkins CEO 2/3/10
- Ontario Systems Earns Best Practices Certification 2/3/10
- Executive Change: CSI Financial Services Names Bruce Weintraub as Vice President, Marketing 2/2/10
- Cymetrix to Provide Third-Party Accounts Receivables Services at UC San Diego Medical Center 1/29/10
- Bizmatics and RevenueXL Announce Partnership to Offer Electronic Medical Records and Account Receivables Management Services 1/26/10
- BillingTree® Partners with DataRose® to Extend Solution Integrations 1/25/10
- Providence Health & Services-California Engages PHNS’ Revenue Cycle Services 1/22/10
- New Payment Posting Service Helps Healthcare Providers Improve Collection Process 1/14/10
- Innovative Healthcare Financing Group Executes Binding Letter of Intent For Purchase of Medical Lien A/R Portfolio 1/11/10
- Apollo Health Street Launches Specialized Accounts Receivable Service Lines to Recover Challenging Reimbursements 1/11/10
- Exclusive Accounts Receivable Management Solutions from TekCollect Now Offered to MedChi Members 1/7/10
- TransUnion Acquires Healthcare Insurance Information Company MedData 1/5/10
- Ontario Systems Announces Collect Savvy for Debt Collection Agencies 12/15/09
- Medassist Recognized As Leading Provider of Revenue Cycle Management Services By Klas Survey 12/9/09
- Hospital Association Votes nTelagent 2009 Business Partner of the Year 12/9/09
- Combined Business to Create Next-Generation Revenue Cycle Solutions, Improving Administration and Ca 11/16/09
- Accredited Healthcare Business Associates Now Accepting Membership Applications 11/13/09
- Conifer Expands Revenue Cycle Services Agreement with Colorado Hospital System 11/11/09
- Doctations Partners with Professional Claims Bureau in Providing End-to-End Practice Management and Outsource Revenue Cycle Solutions 11/11/09
- Greenfish Fund Purchases Another Large Medical Debt Portfolio 11/6/09
- As the Health Care Debate Rages On, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Continue to Gain in Popularity 11/6/09
- Capio Partners Partners with Aequitas Capital Management to Purchase Bad Debt Receivables 11/2/09
- Collection Associates Announces Acquisition of Money Recovery Nationwide 10/30/09
- Officers and Board Of Directors Elected at MDHBA Annual Conference 10/30/09
- Revenue Cycle Solutions, Inc. selects ZirMed as Financial Services Platform Strategic Partner 10/29/09
- MDHBA Offers Recognition At Annual Conference In California 10/28/09
- Equifax to Acquire IXI Corporation 10/22/09
- EOS CCA Launches Healthcare Funding and Servicing Unit AffordaCare 10/19/09
- Clams Review Corporation and Denied Claims Services Company Change Marketing Strategies 10/12/09
- Executive Change: RSource Hires David Agarth as Healthcare Division President 10/8/09
- Executive Change: Chris Tyler to Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions as CIO 10/8/09
- Merchants & Medical Credit Corp. Selects The Intelitech Group's Acumen! Business Analytics Suite 9/16/09
- Invoice Factoring: Helping Small Businesses Leverage Health Care Costs 9/14/09
- Business Debt Collections: Falcon Medical Now Falcon WorldWide Debt Collection 9/11/09
- The Outsource Group Expands Its Medicaid Eligibility Services Through Acquisition of Medstandard, Inc. 9/10/09
- Conifer Health Solutions Launches Updated Web Site 7/30/09
- MedPay Contributes to Henry County Health Center Receipt of High Performance in Revenue Cycle Award 7/29/09
