The Affordable Care Act required all American citizens to have health care or else pay a fine on the next year’s taxes.

Insurance plans featuring narrow networks are 16% cheaper than the alternative. That’s why HMO and EPO insurance plans are growing more and more popular with individuals and employers.

Since 2010, there have been more than 100 closures of rural hospitals due to financial distress. Providers like these are vital to the health of communities that live too far to visit larger, more stable hospitals and practices.

Healthcare providers are always searching for a better way to get paid for services rendered.

Healthcare in the U.S. is expensive — we all know that. We put a high premium on the time, effort, and skill of doctors, nurses, and administrators, and time spent in the hospital can quickly lead to a big bill. As a healthcare provider, you have dedicated your career to helping your patients, and with the right programs and partnerships, you can now extend the “do no harm” principle to your patients’ finances as well as their physical health. The Epic River Patient Lending program is made to benefit providers and patients alike with easy, low-interest loans and user-friendly software.

While the ACA initially expanded health coverage for the previously uninsured, the number of Americans without an insurance plan rose by 700,000 in 2017.

Cloud based software has become mainstream.

On Thursday, Healthcare Finance presented Seth Cohen of OODA Health’s predictions for revenue cycle changes by the end of 2019.

No-interest patient payment plans have long been thought of as great solutions for patients who can’t afford immediate payment. On paper at least, these types of plans seem legitimately beneficial, and healthcare providers and medical billing staff across the country truly believe that these plans are helping patients absorb the potentially disastrous financial impact of high-cost treatments. They believe it, or else they wouldn’t be offering them.

Hospitals’ operating margins have decreased by 38.7% since 2015. One main cause explains this decline: expenses are growing at a faster rate than revenues.