Donna Kitchens

Donna Kitchens

Vice President, RCM, Netsmart

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Target Denials Before They Happen: The Role of AI in Revenue Cycle Management

Target Denials Before They Happen: The Role of AI in Revenue Cycle Management

Tuesday, October 20 | Post-Acute Care,Revenue Cycle/Billing,Thought Leadership

Denials have historically been treated as a billing problem. A claim is denied. The billing team investigates. Someone tracks down documentation, contacts a payer, corrects the issue, resubmits the claim and waits. If the claim is denied again, the cycle starts over. But here’s the thing: once a denial reaches billing, the work is no longer about preventing the issue. It is about recovering from it.

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The Hidden Gaps Driving Audit Risk in Post-Acute Care

The Hidden Gaps Driving Audit Risk in Post-Acute Care

Wednesday, October 07 | Post-Acute Care,Thought Leadership

Organizations can no longer afford to approach audit readiness as the responsibility of one department. It requires a connected strategy that spans the entire revenue cycle and helps identify risk before it becomes an audit finding.

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From Cleanup to Clean Claims: Rethinking Eligibility in Post-Acute Care

From Cleanup to Clean Claims: Rethinking Eligibility in Post-Acute Care

Thursday, May 21 | Post-Acute Care,Thought Leadership

Eligibility in post-acute care has become a complex and financially impactful challenge in the revenue cycle. What started as a once-a-year administrative task is now a continuous operational pressure point. Yet many organizations are still treating eligibility as something to clean up after issues arise. That approach is becoming difficult to maintain as payer requirements shift, patient coverage changes more frequently and teams are stretched thin. The result isn’t just inefficiency. It’s real financial risk.

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