The Hidden Revenue Leak Most Practices Ignore By Andy Schachtel, CEO of Sourcefit | Global Talent and Elevated Outsourcing Key Takeaways Why Does Credentialing Matter So Much to Revenue? Credentialing is the process of verifying a healthcare provider’s qualifications (education, training, licensure, board certification, malpractice history) and enrolling them with insurance payers
Handle Volume Without Hiring Locally By Andy Schachtel, CEO of Sourcefit | Global Talent and Elevated Outsourcing Key Takeaways What Makes Revenue Cycle Management So Difficult at Scale? Running revenue cycle operations for a large health system is a staffing challenge disguised as a billing challenge. A multi-hospital system with 500 beds
Reducing Delays and Denials Before They Happen By Andy Schachtel, CEO of Sourcefit | Global Talent and Elevated Outsourcing Key Takeaways Why Is Prior Authorization Such a Massive Problem? Prior authorization was designed as a cost containment tool: require providers to get approval before delivering certain services to ensure medical necessity. In
Navigating CMS Rules with Offshore Teams By Andy Schachtel, CEO of Sourcefit | Global Talent and Elevated Outsourcing Key Takeaways Why Is Medicare Billing Different from Commercial Insurance Billing? Medicare billing operates under a fundamentally different framework than commercial insurance. Commercial payers negotiate contracts with providers, set their own fee schedules, and
Rethinking What Offshore Healthcare Staffing Can Be By Andy Schachtel, CEO of Sourcefit | Global Talent and Elevated Outsourcing Key Takeaways A few years ago, I sat down with the leadership of a physician-led, multi-specialty healthcare organization serving patients across a broad network of clinical practices. They had been running an offshore
The 10 Questions That Separate Good from Great By Andy Schachtel, CEO of Sourcefit | Global Talent and Elevated Outsourcing Key Takeaways Selecting an offshore healthcare staffing partner is a decision that carries disproportionate weight. The wrong choice creates operational friction, compliance risk, and cultural disruption that persist long after the engagement
Five Trends Reshaping the Industry Through 2030 By Andy Schachtel, CEO of Sourcefit | Global Talent and Elevated Outsourcing Key Takeaways In 2010, healthcare outsourcing meant one thing to most American hospital administrators: a call center in India or the Philippines answering patient billing inquiries for a fraction of the domestic cost.
What It Replaces, What It Cannot, and Where Offshore Fits By Andy Schachtel, CEO of Sourcefit | Global Talent and Elevated Outsourcing Key Takeaways The gap between AI vendor promises and real-world RCM performance is something I encounter constantly. At industry conferences and in vendor pitches, the claims are bold: automate 60
How to Measure What Actually Matters By Andy Schachtel, CEO of Sourcefit | Global Talent and Elevated Outsourcing Key Takeaways Most organizations begin their evaluation of offshore revenue cycle management with a single metric: how much less does the offshore team cost compared to the domestic team it would replace? This is
for Offshore Healthcare Staffing By Andy Schachtel, CEO of Sourcefit | Global Talent and Elevated Outsourcing Key Takeaways Every healthcare executive who has successfully built an offshore staffing operation has the same origin story. They spent months watching their domestic recruiting pipeline produce nothing. They watched their AR days climb, their team’s
