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title: Proven Strategies for Getting Paid Despite Medicare Fee Cuts and Declining Medicaid Rolls
description: Despite self-pay populations and high-deductible health plans, RCM optimization tools have been able to help providers collect optimum reimbursement.
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In this Becker’s Healthcare Podcast, “Proven Strategies for Getting Paid Despite Medicare Fee Cuts and Declining Medicaid Rolls,” host Erika Spicer Mason talks with Kristin Whitt, Director of AR Optimization Operations at ZOLL.

The two discuss proven strategies for improving revenue capture, even in the most challenging of times. Providers will learn how to optimize reimbursement, reduce administrative burden, and improve the patient’s financial experience.

Listen to the podcast to learn how to use RCM optimization technology to:

- Effectively find, correct, and verify patient and payer information
- Identify active primary, secondary, and tertiary insurance coverage
- Automate the deductible monitoring process and notify billers when deductibles have been met
- Determine a patient’s propensity to pay

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### Meet the Speaker

Kristin Whitt is the director of global product managment. Prior to her current role, Kristin was the director of operations and support for ZOLL AR Boost. She started her career in the healthcare industry as an operations manager for a pediatric emergency physician group, helping the group streamline its business and billing practices. Her background and industry knowledge allows her to collaborate with customers to optimize their revenue cycles. 

#### Kristin Whitt Director of AR Optimization Operations ZOLL Data Systems

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