Case Study: Large Healthcare Organization improves revenue cycle timeliness, reduces manual work and saves $400K annually with Health Catalyst

How to Improve Data Timeliness and Reduce Manual Work

Large Healthcare Organization was struggling with declining cash flow and ineffective revenue cycle management driven by manual report creation, data integrity and modeling issues, week‑to‑ten‑day data lags, and a growing BI reporting queue. After limited success with prior revenue cycle technology and low user adoption, the organization engaged Health Catalyst and implemented its Late‑Binding™ Enterprise Data Warehouse and the Revenue Cycle Explorer application to provide a single source of truth and near‑real‑time visibility.

Health Catalyst’s EDW plus Revenue Cycle Explorer delivered self‑service analytics and built‑in KPI calculations that eliminated one‑off reports and manual rework, enabling drill‑downs to root causes and reducing dependence on BI. The solution improved revenue cycle management, cut the BI reporting queue by 30%, drove an estimated $400K in annual operational savings (including eliminating a previous professional billing IT vendor), and resulted in 100% of the revenue cycle team trusting the validated data.