Mike Kovar Email & Phone Number

United States

Provide revenue cycle solutions to hospitals and physician groups nationally resulting in significant revenue improvements and sustained long-term financial performance. Responsible for business development, sales, and delivery of revenue cycle solutions to clients nationally in the areas of patient access, charge master, charge capture, HIM coding, pricing transparency, and billing and collections. Provides full outsourcing of the revenue cycle for hospitals and physician practices. Have… Show more Provide revenue cycle solutions to hospitals and physician groups nationally resulting in significant revenue improvements and sustained long-term financial performance. Responsible for business development, sales, and delivery of revenue cycle solutions to clients nationally in the areas of patient access, charge master, charge capture, HIM coding, pricing transparency, and billing and collections. Provides full outsourcing of the revenue cycle for hospitals and physician practices. Have delivered over 500 million in revenue improvements in the last several years. Show less

Ellicott City, Maryland, United States

Provide revenue integrity consulting services focusing on revenue optimization and regulatory compliance to over 100 hospitals and health systems across the country resulting in over $400 million revenue improvements.Focuses on charge master, charge capture, HIM revenue integrity alignment, pricing transparency and other revenue improvement initiatiatives.Expert analysis and advice for charge improvement in Epic, Cerner and MediTech system environments.Provides implementable… Show more Provide revenue integrity consulting services focusing on revenue optimization and regulatory compliance to over 100 hospitals and health systems across the country resulting in over $400 million revenue improvements.Focuses on charge master, charge capture, HIM revenue integrity alignment, pricing transparency and other revenue improvement initiatiatives.Expert analysis and advice for charge improvement in Epic, Cerner and MediTech system environments.Provides implementable solutions with minimal operational roadblocks. Show less

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Serve as Revenue Integrity advisor for the Revenue Cycle Department

Columbia, Maryland, United States

Led Revenue Integrity service line in the Acute Care Consulting practice

New York, Ny

. Served as co-Practice Leader of a start-up Revenue Cycle Practice at this regional accounting firm. • Responsible for the development of the practice infrastructure, hiring of staff and delivery of services. • Have grown the practice into a $4.5 million revenue cycle consulting practice in 18 months. • Performed revenue cycle turnaround services for numerous health care systems across the country • Identified and implemented revenue improvement strategies at a large… Show more . Served as co-Practice Leader of a start-up Revenue Cycle Practice at this regional accounting firm. • Responsible for the development of the practice infrastructure, hiring of staff and delivery of services. • Have grown the practice into a $4.5 million revenue cycle consulting practice in 18 months. • Performed revenue cycle turnaround services for numerous health care systems across the country • Identified and implemented revenue improvement strategies at a large academic medical center resulting in a $15 million net revenue increase. • Implemented revenue cycle improvements in a 6 hospital system resulting in $35 million net revenue increase in the areas of patient access, denials management, charge capture, pricing and billing & collections.I • Developed and implemented a unique approach to charge system optimization at various health care systems that recently implemented EPIC and Soarian resulting in a 10 to 15% increase in revenues. Show less

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Served a Leader of Charge Capture and Coding services for the National Health Care Advisory Services Practice in start-up mode. • Focusing on development of effective operational strategies for acute care hospitals to address regulatory issues resulting from Health Care reform. • Has co-developed the Firm’s strategy to assist providers with ICD-10 implementation. • Generated revenue cycle sales of $2.1 million in 2010 and $3.2 million in 2011 • Performed revenue cycle… Show more Served a Leader of Charge Capture and Coding services for the National Health Care Advisory Services Practice in start-up mode. • Focusing on development of effective operational strategies for acute care hospitals to address regulatory issues resulting from Health Care reform. • Has co-developed the Firm’s strategy to assist providers with ICD-10 implementation. • Generated revenue cycle sales of $2.1 million in 2010 and $3.2 million in 2011 • Performed revenue cycle turnaround services for numerous health care systems across the country • Performed charge master and capture reviews for various acute care hospitals. Show less

Served as co-Practice Leader responsible for sales and delivery of full revenue cycle consulting services including related IT services to health care systems nationally. • Performed a charge restructuring resulting in a $9.0 million + increase in annual net revenues at a large academic medical center. • Have led several full revenue cycle transformation projects that include patient access, back office, charge capture, coding, and pricing. • Responsible for training and… Show more Served as co-Practice Leader responsible for sales and delivery of full revenue cycle consulting services including related IT services to health care systems nationally. • Performed a charge restructuring resulting in a $9.0 million + increase in annual net revenues at a large academic medical center. • Have led several full revenue cycle transformation projects that include patient access, back office, charge capture, coding, and pricing. • Responsible for training and development of managers and staff. Show less

Serve a Partner for mid-revenue cycle services. Assist hospitals in the assessment of billing, coding and charge master/capture revenue enhancement and development of strategies to improve on-going compliance. • Sold and delivered a variety of services at health care providers across the country. Services included a wide variety of regulatory and revenue cycle services including DSH, Wage Index, Medicare Bad Debt, and cost report reviews. • Lead and directed teams at hospital clients… Show more Serve a Partner for mid-revenue cycle services. Assist hospitals in the assessment of billing, coding and charge master/capture revenue enhancement and development of strategies to improve on-going compliance. • Sold and delivered a variety of services at health care providers across the country. Services included a wide variety of regulatory and revenue cycle services including DSH, Wage Index, Medicare Bad Debt, and cost report reviews. • Lead and directed teams at hospital clients in appropriate strategies to improve charge capture through various technology tools. • Assisted in the assessment of hospital pricing strategies and the development of defensible prices for services provided. Show less

Served as a Partner in the Mid-Atlantic region and was responsible for services delivered to health care systems. Developed and implemented strategies to enhance hospital net revenues in the coding and charge master areas. Responsible for managing a group of individuals responsible for delivery of revenue management services nationally. • Performed numerous full revenue cycle transformations resulting in improved cash collections and identification of new revenue opportunities. •… Show more Served as a Partner in the Mid-Atlantic region and was responsible for services delivered to health care systems. Developed and implemented strategies to enhance hospital net revenues in the coding and charge master areas. Responsible for managing a group of individuals responsible for delivery of revenue management services nationally. • Performed numerous full revenue cycle transformations resulting in improved cash collections and identification of new revenue opportunities. • Performed charge master standardizations for numerous health care systems across the country. • Worked under attorney client privilege to assist hospitals under investigation by the OIG and U.S. Attorney's Office. • Performed APC billing compliance reviews for hospitals across the country. • Sold and delivered over $5.0 million in revenue management and regulatory services to hospitals across the Mid-Atlantic as well as nationally. • Served as an expert witness in litigation relating hospital charge practices. Show less