Prevention by Design: How AI Is Delivering Measurable Results in Revenue Cycle
Health system revenue cycle leaders are reporting measurable AI results in 2026 — not from replacing staff, but from deploying it as a proactive prevention layer. At a…
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Waystar Targets $100B RCM Labor Pool with AI as Agentic Workflows Drive 40% of Q1 Bookings
Waystar generated $313.9 million in Q1 2026 revenue, up 22% year-over-year, as the company advances a strategy of deploying AI-powered agentic workflows to automate the approximately $100 billion…
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Financial Assistance Reform Is Reshaping Revenue Cycle Strategy
State-level financial assistance legislation is fundamentally redefining revenue cycle governance for health systems. Multiple states — including Maine (LD 1937, effective July 1, 2026), North Carolina, Maryland, Vermont,…
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Hospitals Lost $48.4 Billion to Revenue Leakage in 2025 Despite Improving Cash Flow
Kodiak Solutions analyzed data from 2,300 hospitals and 350,000 physicians and found that net revenue leakage — losses from final denials and uncollected bills — increased 25% in…
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Hospitals Lost $48 Billion in Revenue to Payer Denials in 2025
A benchmarking analysis of more than 2,300 hospitals and 350,000 physicians’ revenue cycle data found that providers improved payment speed in 2025 — average days to insurance payment…
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Revenue Cycle as Enterprise Infrastructure: The 2026 Framework for Financial Resilience
HFMA’s 2026 framework argues that revenue cycle strategy has outgrown its back-office origins and must now function as enterprise infrastructure — directly shaping organizational stability, capital planning, and…