Announced at HFMA 2025 Annual Meeting, the Client-Rated Tech Rankings Highlight Top Performers in Denials, Forecasting, Risk Stratification, and Claims Accuracy Based on 11,550 RCM User Evaluations

DENVER, COLORADO / ACCESS Newswire / June 23, 2025 / Black Book Research, the healthcare industry's independent research firm, today released its 2025 rankings of top-performing Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) analytics vendors. The findings arrive as U.S. hospitals and health systems face unprecedented financial strain, fueling record demand for intelligent, AI-enabled solutions that drive revenue integrity and performance improvement.

According to Black Book's latest survey of nearly 12,000 validated RCM users, 92% of CFOs and revenue leaders now depend on real-time analytics, up from 76% in 2022. Meanwhile, 73% report accelerating adoption of AI-driven platforms to manage denials, detect leakage, and forecast revenue more accurately. Alarmingly, 64% say outdated reporting tools and data silos continue to obstruct profitability and strategic financial planning.

'Health systems can no longer afford to rely on legacy tools that lack precision, automation or intelligence,' said Doug Brown, founder of Black Book Research. 'The 2025 top-rated vendors demonstrated not only innovation in analytics but also measurable improvements in client outcomes, streamlining denial management, improving cost margins, and enabling predictive insight into cash flow and compliance risk.'

Top-Rated Vendors in RCM Analytics Categories

Denial & Revenue Analytics - Inovalon
Inovalon earned the highest marks for its advanced denial prevention tools and AI-enhanced appeal workflows, which clients say have significantly reduced denial rates and boosted reimbursement efficiency.

Leakage & Variance Detection - BESLER
BESLER's platform was praised for pinpointing charge capture issues and preventing revenue leakage across inpatient and ambulatory settings, with users highlighting its compliance-aligned variance alerts.

Financial Benchmarking Analytics - Arcadia
Arcadia's platform stood out for enabling organizations to benchmark against peers and leverage predictive KPIs to refine financial targets, budgets, and operational strategy.

Financial Risk Stratification Analytics - Arcadia
Also leading in risk modeling, Arcadia empowers RCM teams to proactively identify patient and payer risks, ensuring optimized collection workflows and better cash predictability.

Claims Adjudication & Payment Accuracy Analytics - FinThrive
FinThrive led this category for its robust payer-specific adjudication engine and denial root cause analytics, which users credited with reducing rework and shortening accounts receivable cycles.

Predictive Revenue Forecasting Analytics - Innovaccer
Innovaccer's clients cited its real-time forecasting dashboards as essential for aligning staffing, budgets, and operational planning with revenue expectations under volatile reimbursement models.

Patient Payment & Collections Analytics - Waystar
Waystar topped this category for combining behavioral analytics and consumer-focused tools to improve upfront collections and patient financial satisfaction.

Regulatory Compliance & Audit Risk Analytics - Episource (Optum)
Episource earned top recognition for its compliance audit and risk scoring capabilities, enabling providers to detect documentation and billing risks before audits occur.

Cost Accounting & Margin Improvement Analytics - Strata Decision Technology
Strata Decision's analytics platform provides visibility into cost-to-serve metrics and service-line profitability, helping finance teams make informed decisions to protect margins.

AI-Powered RCM Innovation Analytics - IKS Health
Recognized for blending generative AI with clinical intelligence, IKS Health supports automation in verification, claims, and denials while maintaining high accuracy and regulatory alignment.

Survey Methodology:
Black Book crowd-source surveyed RCM professionals from hospitals, physician practices, and payer organizations from Q1-Q2 2025. Vendors were evaluated across 18 enhanced KPIs including innovation, forecasting accuracy, automation, AI utilization, ROI, reliability, and overall client satisfaction.

About Black Book Research:
Black Book Research has been a trusted source of unbiased performance evaluations in healthcare IT, managed services, and digital health since 2004. Through annually evolving surveys of validated users, Black Book delivers unparalleled insight into vendor performance, innovation, and client outcomes across over 600 healthcare technology categories.

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SOURCE: Black Book Research