Congress heard testimony that expanding direct contracting could cut costs, speed provider payments, and reduce clinician burnout, particularly benefiting rural hospitals, but the resulting drop in ED and urgent care visits would also cut hospital revenue, and related bills on facility fees and claims-data sharing drew pushback from hospital advocates over administrative burden.
Not all patient financing models carry the same risk. Recourse financing can leave providers exposed if a patient defaults; non-recourse financing shifts that risk to the financing partner instead. This one-pager breaks down the questions healthcare finance leaders should ask before choosing between the two — from who absorbs default risk to how each model affects provider cash flow and patient experience. Download it to get a side-by-side framework you can use when comparing patient...
As out-of-pocket costs and high-deductible health plans continue to rise, health systems are finding that their legacy patient collection strategies are failing to catch up
A new report from PayZen found that providers collect just 31% of patient bills on average, even as patient payments account for a growing share of health system revenue. PayZen executive Tobias Mezger outlined how providers can improve the patient financial experience through clearer pre-care payment conversations and more flexible financing options.
Patient collections are playing a bigger and bigger role in health systems’ total revenues, bringing a new focus on the difficulties organizations face in securing timely, or any, payments for their services, a new survey report warns.
PayZen gives healthcare providers a way to offer patients flexible, 0% APR payment plans without taking on collections risk or disrupting cash flow. This one-page overview walks through how the platform works end-to-end: patient eligibility and enrollment, provider payout timing, and the compliance safeguards (SOC 2, HIPAA) that keep the program audit-ready. It's built for finance and revenue cycle leaders who need a fast, shareable summary before looping in other stakeholders — down...
