tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69430820529866849762024-02-19T10:20:10.769-05:00TAWPI BlogTAWPI - Jason M. Glasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518396238706843374noreply@blogger.comBlogger739125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-78986849879401498982011-06-27T14:29:00.005-05:002011-06-27T14:36:37.351-05:00Hospitals need to simplify chargemaster managementPosted by Mark BrousseauAs hospitals seek to survive and thrive in the new world of bundled payments, ACO and medical home programs, many are actively seeking to employ more physicians and acquire community practices. In fact, a recent survey by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) shows a nearly 75 percent increase in the number of active doctors employed by hospitals since 2000. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-90664139688773593272011-06-27T13:48:00.003-05:002011-06-27T13:52:12.507-05:0010 strategies for reducing healthcare supply costsPosted by Mark BrousseauFaced with growing medical-surgical supply costs as reimbursements shrink and healthcare reform looms, healthcare providers can reduce their medical-surgical supply spending immediately—and GHX is recommending the top 10 ways to do it. The healthcare technology company released its list today at HFMA's ANI Conference in Orlando.The GHX Top 10:1.Save an average $12.00-$Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-28270826824317217722011-06-27T13:39:00.004-05:002011-06-27T13:46:04.348-05:00Healthcare reform boosts importance of business process improvementPosted by Mark BrousseauHealth reform-mandated revisions, productivity adjustments, and proposed documentation and coding offsets pose a huge challenge for hospitals, says Ken Perez, senior vice president of marketing for MedeAnalytics. MedeAnalytics is exhibiting at HFMA's ANI Conference this week in Orlando.“Our research and economic models indicate that a 300-bed hospital will be required to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-39277784201985785972011-06-25T22:59:00.001-05:002011-06-25T23:00:51.461-05:00Huge opportunity remains for AR automationBy Carrie Krell, campaign manager, EskerGiven the lack of market research data about accounts receivable (AR) automation, the Institute of Financial Operations (IFO) and Esker teamed up this spring on an AR automation study -- a fact-finding mission of sorts. The results are in, and they highlight key findings of qualitative and quantitative research conducted to gain insights into AR automationUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-58093023335871906102011-06-22T13:06:00.003-05:002011-06-22T13:09:23.801-05:004 ways to use your customers to boost innovationPosted by Mark BrousseauThe best technology. The best employees. The biggest budget. The strongest R&D department. Check, check, check, and check! If you think these are all the elements you need in order to build a consistently successful company, you’re wrong. Dan Adams says there is one other factor you’ll need to check off that list—an innovation strategy that works. “The best way to ensure Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-89298695006144781582011-06-14T12:40:00.003-05:002011-06-14T12:43:54.320-05:00Where is the AP Automation?David Johnson, AP solutions manager, Perceptive SoftwareIn a day and age where the corporate mantra includes: “do more with less,” “work smarter not harder,” or “Kaisen,” we still see many organizations processing accounts payable invoices the old-fashioned way. That is, many organizations still receive a majority of their invoices via paper, route them through the organization through Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-47466267211062630722011-06-14T12:26:00.004-05:002011-06-14T12:30:52.852-05:00Social media, P2P, and mobile payments: disruptive for banks?By Glenn Wheeler, president, Viewpointe Clearing, Settlement & Association ServicesThe payments landscape has been transforming. Jockeying for position are some major non-banking players – social networking sites, peer-to-peer payment services, mobile phone providers and credit card companies. As the competition heats up, the time horizon for establishing supremacy in the market will get shorter Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-24739256807385118032011-06-13T09:00:00.004-05:002011-06-13T09:01:43.424-05:00"Underserved" market is opportunity for banksPosted by Mark BrousseauThe “underserved” market is considered one of the fastest growing segments in the United States and represents significant potential for banks willing to develop new products and services -- with the appropriate risk safeguards -- and channels to distribute them, according to a study from KPMG.The KPMG study characterizes the underserved market -- the unbanked (consumers Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-8451552606781367602011-06-09T16:50:00.002-05:002011-06-09T16:52:15.211-05:00Top trends in retail online bankingPosted by Mark BrousseauBank customers have started to demand that their banks’ online offerings keep up with the times, according to new research from Celent, LLC. And for good reason: the online banking space has stagnated for far too long, the research and advisory firm contends. The evolution of the Internet has provided consumers with rich and interactive experiences online. Unfortunately, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-71988596088205800152011-06-07T22:37:00.004-05:002011-06-07T22:41:23.457-05:00Bank CFOs fretting health reformPosted by Mark BrousseauWhile CFOs are becoming bullish on the economy, they are concerned about health care reform, according to a biannual survey of banking and financial services Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and senior controllers conducted by Grant Thornton LLP.Nearly half (48 percent) of the banking/financial services CFOs said that they expect the U.S. economy to improve in the next six Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-9978463339405072922011-06-07T10:44:00.003-05:002011-06-07T10:47:48.745-05:008 steps to creating B2B products your customers will lovePosted by Mark BrousseauThere’s a famous quote from Henry Ford that Steve Jobs has been known to cite: “If I’d have asked my customers what they wanted,” Ford reportedly said, “they would have told me ‘a faster horse.’” Yes, it reflects a bold product development philosophy. And this closed-door, tell-customers-what-they-want-even-if-they-don’t-yet-know-it approach works well for our modern day Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-11816239099868516472011-06-02T09:20:00.003-05:002011-06-02T09:23:54.298-05:00Pre-paid cards set to skyrocketPosted by Mark BrousseauPre-paid cards are primed for explosive growth in the coming year, according to a survey conducted by Firstsource Solutions. Fifty percent of payment industry professionals surveyed expect wider adoption of pre-paid cards as more consumers move away from credit cards and cash. Nearly 30 percent of respondents said that more consumers would become “loaders” (i.e. depositingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-80775230886200607452011-05-31T19:42:00.001-05:002011-05-31T19:44:01.535-05:00Manual data entry top AP challengeBy Mark BrousseauAn eye-popping 88 percent of attendees at a recent accounts payable (AP) forum sponsored by Ricoh identified manual data entry as their top AP challenge, providing further evidence of the need for automated invoice processing solutions. Manual data entry came in a whopping 25 percentage points higher than the second biggest challenge identified by attendees at the Houston Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-83868409182787858812011-05-26T08:59:00.002-05:002011-05-26T09:00:05.954-05:00Avoid these document imaging mistakes!By Mark BrousseauDespite the lousy economy, document imaging solutions continue to enjoy strong adoption among organizations of all sizes. No wonder: the technology is proven to deliver tremendous operations and business benefits, including lower processing costs, streamlined storage and retrieval, and better information tracking and reporting.But even the strongest business case for document Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-72215424797771439232011-05-25T10:33:00.003-05:002011-05-25T10:38:13.657-05:00Cost versus value – who wins?By Laura Knox, inside sales team leader, DataSource MobilityIn today’s ever challenging economy it’s no surprise that we see technology customers focusing more and more on cost ... and while I am all about getting a bargain and finding the right solution at the right price for my clients, I often find myself explaining that cost does not always equal value.Much more goes into the concept of valueUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-40506343347289593572011-05-24T12:38:00.004-05:002011-05-24T12:41:21.377-05:00Fusion attendees meet Kevin NealonPosted by Mark BrousseauCustomers and prospects of Brainware -- sponsor of the Fusion 2011 Wednesday night reception -- had an opportunity to meet actor and comedian Kevin Nealon before his performance.Click below to see photos from the meet and greet.http://www.iappnet.org/photo/fusion2011_vip/index.htmlUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-64819362873532676052011-05-24T07:55:00.002-05:002011-05-24T07:58:47.232-05:00Enterprises will adopt layered fraud prevention techniquesPosted by Mark BrousseauBy 2014, 15 percent of enterprises will adopt layered fraud prevention techniques for their internal systems to compensate for weaknesses inherent in using only authentication methods, according to Gartner, Inc.Gartner analysts say no single layer of fraud prevention or authentication is enough to keep determined fraudsters out of enterprise systems. Multiple layers must Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-56659387301883350692011-05-23T07:20:00.003-05:002011-05-23T07:22:04.990-05:00Where’s the automation?By Mark BrousseauDespite revenues in the billions of dollars and the document volumes inherent to that scale of operation, many—possibly even most—companies have not made the leap to automated data capture technology for invoice processing, a proven driver of efficiency and value in accounts payable (AP).That’s the key takeaway of a survey of attendees of Fusion 2011, held May 8-12 at the GaylordUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-91353784512226352842011-05-17T15:14:00.004-05:002011-05-17T15:18:23.278-05:00The alligator and the vendorPosted by Mark Brousseauibml Business Solution Consultant Curtis Williams sees an alligator up-close at Celebration, Florida, during downtime at last week's Fusion conference.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-18304927169533735872011-05-17T08:14:00.002-05:002011-05-17T08:17:51.046-05:00Checks in a 21st Century digital worldBy Glenn Wheeler, president, Viewpointe Clearing, Settlement & Association Services, ViewpointeIs the check dead? You might hear a near-unanimous “yes” to that question; or as others might say more accurately, check usage is simply on a long decline. While check usage has been dwindling in recent years, to paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of its death are greatly exaggerated. A recent study Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-73170366234712745112011-05-13T17:56:00.003-05:002011-05-13T17:59:23.098-05:00Make information safekeeping part of your hurricane preparationsPosted by Mark BrousseauForecasters at Colorado State University recently announced that the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season will be very active. Before the season starts, it's time for businesses to get ready, while remembering their most valuable asset: information."No matter the size of a company, without access to information, clients could be lost and the owner may be at risk for losing the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-2627979610490113352011-05-13T16:45:00.001-05:002011-05-13T16:46:51.866-05:00What CFOs are thinking and doingBy Mark BrousseauAlthough the economic downturn caused CFOs to concentrate primarily on their steward role, the recovery has reemphasized the need to act as a catalyst and strategist, Jeff Bronaugh, senior manager at Deloitte Consulting LLP told attendees of the Masters Session at Fusion 2011 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center Florida. Bronaugh and his colleagues Bob Comeau, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-80243087692471397362011-05-13T15:52:00.001-05:002011-05-13T15:54:11.938-05:00Best operations-improving strategiesBy Mark BrousseauDuring a pre-conference networking lunch at Fusion 2011 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Florida, attendees were asked to share the best operations-improving strategy that their accounts payable (AP) department has implemented in the past 12 months. Here are the operations strategies that the luncheon attendees said were the most effective during the past Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-39135611260579511462011-05-13T11:53:00.004-05:002011-05-13T12:01:59.285-05:00Bringing mobile banking to the massesPosted by Mark BrousseauThe number of unbanked or underbanked mobile subscribers around the world is projected to reach ~2 billion by 2012, according to research from Oliver Wyman and PlaNet Finance Group. Today, only around 50 million subscribers use mobile money services. Most of these deployments have been focusing on first generation mobile money products such as remittances, airtime top-up, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-30398600508984488802011-05-06T18:55:00.003-05:002011-05-06T18:58:29.843-05:00Alligators at Fusion 2011Posted by Mark BrousseauFolks arriving this weekend for Fusion 2011 may be surprised to see alligators(!) in the atrium of the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Florida.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0