CINCINNATI, Ohio (Jan. 31, 2024) – Spark Health Partners (Spark), a leading innovator in revenue cycle management, is proud to announce its partnership with Epic, a leading electronic health records system, in Epic’s new Rev Cyclers Program, designed to help healthcare organizations optimize their use of Epic to improve revenue cycle outcomes.
Spark’s participation in the program demonstrates its history of improving financial performance for providers and helping clients optimize their use of the Epic system. Through this program, Spark will gain access to additional tools and insights to strengthen its Epic expertise so the firm can continue delivering award-winning revenue cycle performance for its clients leveraging Epic software.
“We are proud to be an early adopter in Epic’s Rev Cyclers Program and build on our history of strong performance and commitment to optimizing client and patient experience,” said AbdurRehman Sarwar, President, Founder and CEO of Spark.
To participate in the program, Spark met the following partnership criteria:
- History of strong performance
- Good references and relationships
- A strong commitment to compliance with laws and regulations
- The ability to scale to help meet changing client needs
“With 86% of our client community leveraging an instance of Epic, we’re very excited about the value this partnership will bring to our associates and clients. We will build on our existing Epic expertise with access to Epic-led training content, recommendations on best practices for using Epic software and insights into Epic’s product development roadmap and new features,” said Shannon White, Chief Operating Officer of Spark. “We look forward to building on our track record of success and will continue exceeding performance expectations for our clients — meeting 100% of year-one client goals, exceeding 100% of year-one cash collections and delivering a 5% average net revenue lift.”
Spark is a strategic partner for healthcare organizations that want to focus on patient care, not payment complexity. The firm manages more than $29 billion in net patient revenue (NPR) and partners with more unique health systems than any other revenue cycle firm to deliver holistic financial health solutions through end-to-end managed services partnerships. Spark helps providers maximize their current technology and deploys industry-leading solutions to meet the unique needs of their systems and patients.
Spark has been repeatedly ranked number one by various industry organizations for its proven ability to deliver exceptional service and performance at scale:
- Best in KLAS for full revenue cycle outsourcing (2020-2022)
- Highest Performance Score in the 2023 KLAS End-to-End Revenue Cycle Outsourcing Performance Report (2023)
- Black Book Research’s Top Revenue Cycle Management Outsourcing Solution (2021-2023)
- 17 Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) MAP Awards for High Performance in Revenue Cycle (2019-2023)
- Clarivate Healthcare Business Insights (HBI) Revenue Cycle Awards for strong performance (2020, 2022)
- Energage Top Workplaces USA (2022-2023)
- Great Place to Work certified (2023)
As a partner in Epic’s Rev Cyclers Program, Spark is now listed on Epic’s Showroom. To learn more about Spark, visit SparkHP.com.
About Spark Health
Partners
Spark Health Partners
is a full-service revenue cycle management
company, delivering holistic financial health
for more than 250 healthcare providers across
the country. Through a combination of more than
9,000 HFMA-certified revenue cycle operators,
data-rich intelligence and AI-infused
decisioning, Spark helps healthcare
organizations sustain best-practice revenue
cycle operations and maximize their current
technology, so providers can focus on delivering
exceptional care in their communities. For more
information, visit SparkHP.com.