Why Join?

Be part of the national network of revenue cycle leaders
Develop business relationships with prominent revenue cycle leaders who share their experiences in confidential, candid, and highly interactive peer forums.

Stay on top of best practices and emerging issues
Expand your perspective and challenge your thinking with access to best practices, benchmarking, and industry intelligence that keeps you alert to emerging issues.

Benchmark against the best
Benchmark financial and process-driven key performance indictors against best practice and peer group standards across all key revenue cycle functions.

Educate across the entire revenue cycle
Bring leaders and front line staff together, on one agenda, by educating each individual involved in the revenue cycle through customized membership mapping.

Make better business decisions
Gain knowledge and insights you can apply now to revenue cycle challenges from an unbiased source that revenue cycle leadership has relied upon since 1986.

Enhance Net Revenue Collections - Guaranteed
Increase your net revenue yield by implementing the proven strategies and tactics used by better performing hospitals across the nation.  Membership satisfaction and ROI is 100% guaranteed.

As a member, your hospital will have access to relationships and knowledge that can help you run your revenue cycle more effectively.

Enhance your decision-making by tapping into Zimmerman’s multi-faceted resources. Research and networking opportunities build on the knowledge and experience of executives from hospitals all across the country and represent all size organizations and demographics.   Access this knowledge through:

• RCM Hype Cycle Research
  Primary research explores the identification of best practices from an unrivaled network of hospitals on strategic and timely revenue enhancement issues and key concerns in areas such as uncompensated care, payment discrepancies, service documentation, accounts receivable and patient throughput, among others.

• Hype Cycle Reform
  Opportunities exist for hospitals to focus on the reform of specific issues (hype cycles) by participating in select research implementation working groups to conduct best practice gap analysis, implementation, and hard wiring efforts to sustain and grow the revenue improvement gains earned.

• Best Practice Workshops
  Learn from the mistakes as well as the successes of your peers while expanding your personal network. Cross-industry peer groups of senior revenue cycle executives meet to share insights and experience in candid, off-the-record settings.

• Analyst Advisory and OnDemand Services
  Spend your time using information, not searching for it. Have one of our information specialists find the answers to your business questions.

• Best Practice Action Report Series
  This continually expanding and popular collection of best practice reports addresses the most pressing revenue cycle issues of the year. The complete series is available exclusively on our Members Only Website.

• Departmental Journals
  Members get unlimited access to four monthly departmental newsletters, each designed to reach and aid different constituents involved in revenue management, specifically front line staff.  Journals include: Revenue Cycle Management, Patient Access Monthly, Service Documentation Monthly, and Collecting in Healthcare.

• Virtual Conferences
  Monthly member teleconferences and webinars feature the current research, tactical demonstrations, peer group case studies, forums discussions, and strategic overviews.

• The Members Only Websites
  As a member, you will be able to download our research and benchmarking data, contact our Analyst Advisory or OnDemand service specialists, and get updates on member briefings and special events.

• Email E-Brief
  This weekly email alerts you to new research findings, member polls, and related upcoming teleconferences and workshops.

How can my hospital become a member?

Please send us your information by completing a brief membership inquiry form. One of our Membership Directors will contact you soon.