1. Optimize Your Revenue Cycle
Review your revenue cycle regularly, identify bottlenecks, and monitor first-pass claim acceptance, days in A/R, net collection rate, denial rate, charge lag, and average reimbursement time.

2. Reduce Claim Denials
Track denial trends monthly, identify recurring eligibility, authorization, coding, credentialing, and documentation issues, and correct the source—not only the claim.

3. Improve Patient Collections
Use pre-visit insurance verification, accurate estimates, point-of-service collections, payment options, online portals, and appropriate payment plans.

4. Credential Providers Before They Begin Seeing Patients
Begin credentialing 90–180 days before a provider’s anticipated start date and track each application until approval.

5. Monitor Financial Performance with Meaningful KPIs
Build monthly executive dashboards around net and gross collections, productivity, revenue per visit, days in A/R, charge lag, no-show rate, patient volume, and denial percentage.