CFO Arbitration Recovery Brief

The Recovery Pool Sits Inside The Arbitration Clause.

NYC Health + Hospitals recovered $40.1M from UnitedHealthcare on the clause that's already in your contract. Most CFOs have never sized the pool.
A CFO's field guide and tool kit for when a payer dispute moves out of the appeal queue and into the contract.
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What's Inside the Bundle.
Six numbered tools. The Brief frames the decision; the Workbook runs the numbers.
Where denials stem from
60% to 70% of denials stem from coding errors, CDI gaps, and payer rule violations that happen before the claim is submitted
The real cost of denial recovery
Rework, write-offs, and cash flow drag that most finance teams don't measure
A 3-step prevention framework
Diagnose root causes, intervene upstream, and measure financial impact
Implementation roadmap
what to do in Week 1 - 12 to shift from recovery to prevention
Sample ROI calculation
See how a mid sized hospital saves over $5M annually just by preventing 35% of denials
Recovery Pool Calculator
Live formula. Enter trailing denied dollars by category; calculator returns gross recovery, net recoverable pool, and pool-to-cost ratio. Pursue at 5×.
The Four Contract Clauses
Arbitration trigger, lookback period, jurisdiction, fee allocation. The four to check before sizing the pool — with a per-payer audit scorecard.
Denial Recovery Map
Eight denial categories with recovery-probability percentages. Medical necessity, prior auth, and DRG downgrade lead the table at 55–70%.
Pool-Sizing Decision Tree
Five weighted criteria, score out of seven. Six or seven pursues; zero or one routes back to the internal appeal queue.
Three CFO Questions Before You File
Contract still in force, pool justifies the work, sign-off triad in place. Do and don't framing on each.
Quarterly Readiness Scorecard
Twelve questions scored 1 to 5. Live panel maps the total to one of five readiness levels — from "no infrastructure" to "mature."
- WHY RAPIDCLAIMS

The Workbook Sizes the Pool.RapidClaims Prevents It From Forming.

The Workbook tells you what's recoverable from the denied population that already exists. RapidClaims runs the layer above — validating every claim against AMA 2021 MDM, payer-specific acceptance rules, and the documentation patterns that drive medical-necessity and prior-auth denials in the first place. The pool the Workbook measures is the pool RapidClaims is built to shrink.
>98%
Coding Accuracy
AI-verified codes with complete documentation for every chart processed.
40%
Fewer Claim Denials
Pre-submission scrubbing catches coding errors before they reach payers.
170%
Coder Productivity Increase
Your coders focus on complex cases while AI handles routine volume at scale.
70%
Cost Savings
Eliminate overtime, temp staffing, and recruitment costs with scalable AI.
>98%
Clean Claim Rate
See how a mid sized hospital saves over $5M annually just by preventing 35% of denials
30%
Reduction in AR Days
Faster coding turnarounds unlock millions in accelerated cash flow.
>98%
Coding Accuracy
AI-verified codes with complete documentation for every chart processed.
40%
Fewer Claim Denials
Pre-submission scrubbing catches coding errors before they reach payers.
170%
Coder Productivity Increase
Your coders focus on complex cases while AI handles routine volume at scale.
70%
Cost Savings
Eliminate overtime, temp staffing, and recruitment costs with scalable AI.
>98%
Clean Claim Rate
See how a mid sized hospital saves over $5M annually just by preventing 35% of denials
30%
Reduction in AR Days
Faster coding turnarounds unlock millions in accelerated cash flow.
Trusted by Leading Healthcare Organizations
Results You Can Trust
RapidClaims delivered what other vendors only promised. We've seen a 30% reduction in AR days within one quarter, unlocking $2.5M in accelerated cash flow. Their platform adapts to our specific workflows instead of forcing us to change our processes.
CFO, Major Health System
$2.5M
Accelerated cash flow
30%
Reduction in AR days
RapidRisk transformed our value-based care documentation, improving RAF by 15% and reducing documentation gaps by 22%. This directly impacts our shared savings and quality metrics.
Medical Director, Leading Accountable Care Organization
15%
↑ RAF
45%
New conditions identified
"With RapidClaims, we're maximizing our limited resources while improving revenue capture by 5%. Our team now spends more time on patient care and less on administrative tasks."
Director HIM, Federally Qualified Health Center
5%
↑ increased revenue
40%
Reduction in coding and billing costs
Our clean claim rate jumped from 92% to 99% with a 96% first pass yield rate. With RapidClaims, we improved the productivity of our coding staff by 100%. Our team only focuses on complex cases that require human expertise.
VP Revenue Cycle, Multi-Specialty Physician Group
27%
Reduction in claim denials
70%
Reduction in cost to collect
RapidRisk transformed our value-based care documentation, improving RAF by 15% and reducing documentation gaps by 22%. This directly impacts our shared savings and quality metrics.
Medical Director, Leading Accountable Care Organization
15%
↑ RAF
45%
New conditions identified
RapidClaims delivered what other vendors only promised. We've seen a 30% reduction in AR days within one quarter, unlocking $2.5M in accelerated cash flow. Their platform adapts to our specific workflows instead of forcing us to change our processes.
CFO, Major Health System
$2.5M
Accelerated cash flow
30%
Reduction in AR days
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