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At Signature Performance, we are dedicated to making a lasting impact in the nexus of healthcare by inhabiting the payer, provider, federal and community sectors.
Healthcare Costs Can Impact Patient Outcomes
After a year of uncertainty, many are beginning to welcome the return to a sense of normalcy within their lives with optimism and open arms. The uncharted territory that the pandemic forced healthcare systems, communities, and businesses to navigate was unlike...
Navigating Industry Trends That Impact the Healthcare Experience
The healthcare industry is in a constant state of evolution, especially as recovery efforts continue for COVID-19 and the lessons we have learned this past year are implemented. The healthcare industry now has an opportunity to pursue big opportunities that can have a...
Signature Performance Recognizes National Hospital Week
For the last 68 years, the healthcare industry has celebrated National Hospital Week. This annual celebration is a time to recognize anyone who supports hospitals and their unwavering dedication to the health and wellness of...
Signature Performance Receives Business Excellence Award
Signature Performance has recently been selected as a recipient of a 2021 Business Excellence Award in Leadership. This is the third time Signature has been honored with a Business Excellence Award from the Greater Omaha Chamber. The award comes as part of an annual...
How COVID-19 Has Impacted Payer and Provider Negotiations
Administrative demands have always been a complex area in the healthcare industry. Almost overnight in March 2020, payers and providers had to figure out how to process and provide care to those in need with new safety guidelines and restrictions. As the recovery...
Innovation is a Key Component to the Healthcare Administration Experience
As we strive to live our mission of improving the health of our clients’ business and making the lives of those we work with better, our team at Signature Performance understands that in order to do that, we need to positively impact healthcare by delivering stronger...
How Healthcare Has Navigated the Increase in Telehealth
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the healthcare system in the United States to adapt in ways it has never had to before. Despite COVID-19 causing much disruption this past year, it did highlight the benefits of telehealth and has only begun to show what is all...
Signature Performance Wins Best Places to Work in Omaha Award
Signature Performance, Inc. has recently been named a 2021 Best Places to Work in Omaha award recipient. This is the sixth time that Signature Performance has been recognized with this local distinction. This award recognizes Signature Performance’s commitment to...
How to Create and Measure the Impact of Your Company Culture
As a business leader, it doesn't matter if you have a 10 person team or a team of 10,000, cultivating a strong company culture that reflects your core values is imperative to your Associate’s engagement, their connection to the company’s mission, and their...
The Best Talent is Attracted to the Strongest Workplace Cultures
Successful attraction and retention of industry leading talent doesn’t happen by accident. It only occurs when talented individuals are drawn to career paths and teams that they feel will motivate them to be their best selves and develop personally and professionally....
What Do You Hope is the Biggest Transformation in Healthcare in 2021?
With the healthcare industry always transforming, especially this past year, healthcare organizations are having to constantly assess how their approach is benefiting the industry and serving those who are in need of support. Our team at Signature Performance is...
Innovation Plays Essential Role in the Healthcare Experience
Innovation seems to be thrown around as a trendy new way of describing problem solving, but there is more to it in order to really advance. The healthcare industry is on the cusp of innovative and transformative changes in a variety of ways for payers, providers,...
Investing in Company Culture is Key to Success in 2021
This past year, businesses of every size have had to reevaluate their priorities to navigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Many were forced to decide how their approach to company culture and engagement were going to be handled after so many new regulations, such as...
Looking Back at 2020 on The Link
2020 will be a year to remember for a variety of reasons. Businesses of every size and families saw their fair share of ups, downs and the unexpected. Even though it could have been easy to get bogged down and stressed due to the effects of COVID-19, this year...
3 Ways Signature Performance Assists Healthcare Providers
When it comes to providers, Signature Performance works with hospitals and clinics of all sizes. Our team is passionate about implementing cost-effective revenue cycle support. As a full-service revenue cycle business administration partner, we offer a wide variety of...
Why Cross-Training in Healthcare is Important
The industry of healthcare is constantly in a state of evolution with administrative demands that change frequently. Those demands can be daunting and usually need to be met with an innovative approach and an expertise that is well-rounded. Cross-training is an...
Why Knowing Healthcare Matters
With the healthcare industry always evolving, healthcare organizations are having to constantly assess how their approach is benefiting the industry and serving those who are in need of support. Ensuring that the latest healthcare trends match with the existing needs,...
Learning How to Care for the Associate as a Whole
Even though many wish it was simple to turn off the physical and emotional effects of hardship or stress during the workday, it just simply isn't that easy all the time. When Associates are emotionally distracted due to life events or unexpected struggle, it is...
How Can We Make the Biggest Impact in Healthcare in 2021?
With the ever-changing regulations in the healthcare industry, especially during a global pandemic, it’s crucial to partner with an organization who makes it a priority to stay on top of the latest healthcare trends, talent drivers, and technologies. With the end of...
Referral Management Improves the Healthcare Experience
When patients have been referred to see a specialist, it is essential that they have access to quality healthcare and can be seen in a timely manner due to most referrals being needed for a change in diagnosis or second opinion. Like anything in healthcare, there are...
Laying a Foundation of Moral Courage and Integrity in the Workplace
When faced with a difficult decision or ethical adversity, everyone likes to think that they would make the right call, especially if it is a situation when you know no one is watching your next move. These kind of events are not uncommon. Hard decisions, actions and...
COVID-19 Escalates Physician Burnout
The physical and emotional toll of being a physician is an aspect of the profession that has been studied for years. Physician burnout is complex and occurs because more and more physicians are finding that their time is being spent on navigating ever-evolving...
Making an Impact Through Service
As the world navigates the ever-evolving effects of the Coronavirus, our team at Signature Performance has followed suit by continuing to ensure that our Associates and those we serve are having their needs met in a way that allows for goals to still be achieved,...
Vairo Joins CHI CUMC/Bergan Hospital Board
Chris Vairo, Chief Revenue Officer at Signature Performance, was recently named as a Community Board of Directors member at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center – Bergan Mercy. Vairo will be serving a two-year term and is one of 14 board members. Vairo’s...
3 Common Misconceptions About Revenue Cycle Management
Medical billing has always been a complex topic. With the implementation of value-based care and medical codes continuously being updated or removed, the complexities of billing are only becoming more advanced. Incomplete or inaccurate medical billing can cause an...
How Charge Capture Can Affect Healthcare Administrative Costs
Charge capture plays an essential role within the compliance regulations of every hospital and healthcare system. Accurate charge capture practices can also benefit healthcare systems financially. However, when charge capture is not accurate, a hospital's bottom line...
How to Strengthen Your Revenue Cycle Management
With the healthcare industry always evolving, healthcare providers are having to constantly assess how their approach is benefiting their bottom line. Ensuring that the latest healthcare trends match with the existing talent and technology can have a significant...
3 Unexpected Benefits of a RCM Partnership
The decision to outsource Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) tasks is not always an easy one for healthcare systems to make. There are many misconceptions on what a partnership like that not only means for the providers involved, but if the benefits are worth the cost of...
What to Look For in a Revenue Cycle Management Partnership
When it comes to outsourcing for Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) services, there are a number of considerations that ensure a strong and vibrant partnership. Of course, you want to be sure that the partnership can provide a promising return on investment year after...
Signature Performance Navigates New Onboarding Process During COVID-19
With the quick onset of COVID-19, many companies had to not only shift their business model approach, but also how they onboarded the new talent brought on to help them execute their business goals. Our team at Signature Performance was no different. With strict...
Signature Performance Included on G2Xchange’s 2020 NXT UP list for Federal IT & Consulting Contracts
Signature Performance is proud to be included on G2Xchange’s 2020 list of NXT UP Federal IT and consulting contractors, a collection of organizations poised to make a big impact in the Federal sector in 2020 and for years to come. This list highlights...
3 Ways to Lower Healthcare Administrative Costs
Healthcare administrative costs are a component of the healthcare system in the United States that many know exists, but only few really understand. Trying to understand the ins and outs of medical coding and what administrative services you are paying for once a...
Signature Performance Partners with TriWest for VA’s Community Care Network in Region 4
TriWest Healthcare Alliance recently announced it is beginning healthcare delivery under the new Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Care Network (CCN) in the Region 4 territory, encompassing 13 western U.S. states. Signature Performance is providing...
5 Reasons Medical Claims are Denied
With healthcare administrative costs making up approximately thirty percent of all medical bills received in the United States, it is essential that claims filed to different insurance networks meet the specific criteria of each payer in order to avoid a lengthy...
Will Waiting Rooms Become a Thing of the Past?
With the impact of COVID-19 continuing to be felt throughout healthcare systems of every size, those of us in need of care have also had to continue to navigate a variety of routes to see our providers. Whether it is wearing a face mask during an appointment, being...
6 Healthcare Innovations to Look for Due to COVID-19
With the quick onset of COVID-19 during the last few months, the healthcare industry has had to become more innovative than ever to accommodate those who find themselves in need of treatment or testing. This uncharted territory has forced providers and payers to pivot...
How to Refine Your Medical Claims Submissions
Providers over the last few months have experienced an immense shift in not only how and where they give treatment, but they have also had to navigate a decrease in overall patient volume. With elective surgeries being delayed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, refining...
Patient Experience to Evolve After COVID-19
Over the last few months, the outbreak and spread of COVID-19 has impacted every aspect of how we live and maintain our daily routines. Our work schedules, education requirements and even weekly errands have all been affected by the new state-based guidelines and...
How COVID 19 is Affecting Providers and Payers
The COVID-19 outbreak has placed an immense amount of stress on healthcare organizations of every size over the last several weeks. As hospitals and health systems have navigated through the reduction in non-emergent services, the need for coders and coding auditors...
Making a Difference During COVID-19
Over the last few weeks, it has become easy to get bogged down, stressed or even mentally exhausted by the coverage of COVID-19. Staying informed during this time is essential, but it can be easy to lose sight of all of the good things that are happening during this...
4 Things to Watch During COVID-19
The spread of COVID-19 significantly impacted our way of life at home and at work within the first few weeks of its emergence. As a result, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention as of...
Healthcare Administrative Burden is Causing Physician Burnout
Physicians are called to the industry because they want to help those who are in need of care. With healthcare being an evolving industry, especially when it comes to technology and compliance regulations, physicians can quickly begin to experience burnout symptoms...
How to be an Effective Leader During COVID-19
COVID-19 is a fast-moving problem impacting people and teams on a global level. In a matter of a few short weeks, the threat levels elevated to concern - to school closings, and now limited public gatherings and industry shutdowns. Every organization is facing big...