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Payer Delay Tactics: Prepayment Audits Are Moving Upstream, Itemized Bill Thresholds Have Dropped

How prepayment audits by payers, along with broader itemized billing requests, are increasing A/R days for hospitals and health systems. And what to do about it.

July 28, 2026

Most providers aren’t monitoring PLBs. Payers know it.

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Most providers aren’t monitoring PLBs. Payers know it.

PLB data is rich in information, telling you which payers are recouping, how often, and in what patterns. But you won't see it in static retrospective RCM reports or standard denial dashboards. If your team isn't actively monitoring PLB activity...

March 31, 2026

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Your Denials Team Is Under-Informed…

Day-in and day-out most denials teams are making high-stakes decisions with low-grade information.

March 16, 2026

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Introducing the Solventum Revenue Integrity System

Introducing the Solventum Revenue Integrity System from Sift and Solventum. This AI-driven solution unifies clinical and payments data, predicts and prevents clinical denials and optimizes revenue cycle management.

June 24, 2024

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Navigating the Surge in Payer Takebacks

A look at why takebacks are challenging denials for healthcare providers, and how machine learning and advanced analytics can help health systems navigate this increasingly common payer reimbursement trend.

January 30, 2024

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2022 Healthcare Denials Insights

Denials are a significant and persistent obstacle for health systems and hospitals. They slow down receivables and add unnecessary administrative burdens. Sift Healthcare’s 2022 Denials Insight Report contains granular denials insights and action items to track root causes, prevent denials,...

March 1, 2023

4 Key Areas To Focus On To Recover Missed Receivables Or Accelerate Cash

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4 Key Areas To Focus On To Recover Missed Receivables Or Accelerate Cash

Sift's VP of Product & Client Success, Blake Sollenberger, talks denials management, covering 4 key areas health systems and hospitals can focus on to recover missed receivables or accelerate cash.

February 3, 2023

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Sift Denials Insight: Non-Covered Emergency Department Denials

A golden nugget of intelligence from the Sift Healthcare Insights Team. How to think about, track and manage non-covered Emergency Department Denials from Medicare.

August 25, 2022

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Sift Denials Insight: NGS Medicare Denials

A golden nugget of intelligence from the Sift Healthcare Insights Team. For health systems that work with NGS Medicare, Lacks Info Needed For Adjudication denials need a special review.

August 25, 2022

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Payer Delay Tactics: Prepayment Audits Are Moving Upstream, Itemized Bill Thresholds Have Dropped

Most providers aren’t monitoring PLBs. Payers know it.

Your Denials Team Is Under-Informed…

Introducing the Solventum Revenue Integrity System

Navigating the Surge in Payer Takebacks

2022 Healthcare Denials Insights

4 Key Areas To Focus On To Recover Missed Receivables Or Accelerate Cash

Sift Denials Insight: Non-Covered Emergency Department Denials

Sift Denials Insight: NGS Medicare Denials

Payer Takebacks: The AR You Reported Too Soon

Why Sift Built 329 MS-DRG Playbooks

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Payer Takebacks: The AR You Reported Too Soon

Why Sift Built 329 MS-DRG Playbooks

Actionable Denial Prevention

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