Becker’s has reported on 9 well being methods which have opted to outsource finance jobs or different income cycle capabilities in 2023: 

Arlington Heights, Unwell.-based Northwest Group Healthcare entered a partnership with Conifer Well being Options Could 23. The settlement extends Conifer’s partnership with Evanston, Unwell.-based NorthShore College HealthSystem, which acquired the single-hospital system in January 2021. 

DuBois-based Pennsylvania Mountains Healthcare Alliance mentioned April 18 it was putting in FinThrive’s income cycle administration platform at 4 of its 13 hospitals.

Ensemble Well being Companions added 650 staff within the first quarter of 2023 by means of full income cycle outsourcing partnerships with Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Well being System, Winchester, Va.-based Valley Well being and Charleston, S.C.-based Roper St. Francis Healthcare. 

Clearwater, Fla. -based BayCare Well being System mentioned April 12 it was utilizing Oracle’s RevElate billing automation instrument at its Security Harbor, Fla. -based Mease Countryside Hospital. Whereas initially launched at Mease Countryside, the well being system plans to deploy RevElate all through its total system this 12 months.

Norman (Okla.) Regional Well being System mentioned Feb. 7 it was implementing VisiQuate’s synthetic intelligence-powered Denials Administration Analytics and Income Administration Analytics. Moreover, the well being system will use the VisiQuate PayFlo instrument to standardize RCM processes.

Owensboro (Ky.) Well being chosen Optum Jan. 10 to handle its income cycle operations and IT providers. Optum is hiring 575 staff from the well being system. 

Maine-based Northern Gentle Well being tapped Optum Jan. 5 to handle its income cycle administration, data methods, inpatient care administration, analytics, challenge administration workplace and provide chain capabilities. In March, 1,400 of the system’s staff grew to become employed by Optum.