Medical Billing Companies & Consultants in Hastings, NE

ruralMED Revenue Cycle Resources is the revenue cycle arm of ruralMED Management Resources, a Nebraska organization that supports independent clinics and hospitals in rural communities. The parent company has its headquarters in Holdrege, and the revenue cycle team also works out of an office in Hastings. Its purpose is to help small-town providers stay financially stable and competitive while larger urban health systems grow, so that patients can keep getting care close to home.

Who They Serve

The team focuses on rural healthcare: independent physician practices, rural health clinics, critical access and community hospitals, and the leaders who run them. Because the company's roots are in rural medicine, its services are built around the reimbursement rules, staffing limits and payer issues that smaller facilities face. Buyers in central Nebraska will find a provider that knows the regional market and the regulations rural health clinics must follow.

Billing, Coding and Revenue Cycle Services

Instead of offering one standard package, ruralMED designs support around each facility's needs. Clients can bring in coders and billers on a full-time, part-time or as-needed basis, and those staff work as an extension of the client's own team. Core offerings include:

• Integrated coding support, with coding and billing audits and reviews
• Integrated billing support and reimbursement analysis
• Revenue cycle assessments and 360-degree claims audits
• Claims management
• Self-pay consulting and solutions
• EMR optimization assessment and support
• Clinic fee schedule and pricing analysis
• Custom coding and revenue cycle education

Beyond billing, the wider ruralMED organization offers operational help that many rural buyers pair with revenue cycle work. This includes productivity studies, compliance audit tools and training, rural health clinic policy assessments, CFO mentoring, interim CFO services and strategic planning facilitation.

Background and Team

In 2019, ruralMED Billing and Coding Resources bought Medical Claims and Billing Service, Inc., a Hastings billing company. ruralMED kept that firm's clients and hired its staff, which added hands-on billing and coding to its consulting work. The leadership team is led by Chief Executive Officer Amber Ackerson, J.D., and Chief Financial Officer Bryce Betke, CPA, FHFMA.

Revenue cycle work is overseen by a vice president of revenue cycle services and a revenue cycle director. The team also includes a director of revenue integrity, a director of healthcare finance and a certified coding auditor and educator who holds COC and CAH-CBS credentials.

What Sets Them Apart

The company combines outsourced billing and coding labor with education and coaching. This can suit facilities that want to strengthen their own staff instead of handing off the whole revenue cycle. Its focus on rural providers and its ties to a wider network of management, compliance and cooperative services also set it apart from general-purpose billing vendors. ruralMED also serves as a strategic partner that works with leadership on long-term planning, including moving toward integrated care models.