Revenue Cycle Management Best Practices, Second Edition helps health information professionals and students better understand and participate in the revenue cycle management process by providing examples of how facilities can move from managing the revenue cycle by department to managing with an interdisciplinary approach to gain significant improvements on the timely flow of revenue. This book illustrates demonstrated practices in revenue cycle management (RCM) and educates the reader in understanding the interdepartmental dependencies and overall contributors to RCM with a focus on acute-care hospitals from the perspective of the HIM department.