62 million Americans live in rural areas and need access to healthcare. It’s important that these communities have a full spectrum of healthcare services and access to care at hospitals, EDs, clinics, and in post-acute care settings.

While it’s estimated that hospitals lose $262 billion a year from insurance denials — which is about nine percent of all healthcare transactions1 — it’s possible to eliminate the majority of preventable and avoidable denials and increase revenue by implementing a comprehensive denial management strategy.

Nearly a decade has passed since the U.S. government introduced the concept of electronic health records (EHRs) meaningful use as a determining factor for Medicare payments to hospitals and providers. And yet, despite the widespread installation of EHR systems, a significant percentage of facilities still struggle to attain universal EHR adoption by their physicians and other providers.