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NATIONAL HARBOR, MD / ACCESS Newswire / June 8, 2026 / Black Book Research releases its 2026 State of Health & Hospital Systems Revenue Cycle Management Technology & Services report, naming the top-industry client-rated revenue cycle management software, services and technology-enabled operations vendors across hospital finance, patient access, denials, prior authorization, claims, revenue integrity, AI, analytics, patient payments and managed RCM operations.
One of Black Book's most anticipated annual Healthcare IT user surveys, the hospital RCM report is issued each June for the Healthcare Financial Management Association Annual Conference buying cycle, when hospital CFOs, chief revenue cycle officers, patient financial services executives, business office leaders and technology buyers are actively evaluating revenue-protection platforms for the next operating year.
The 2026 report profiles 420 vendors serving hospitals, health systems, medical centers and inpatient provider organizations across software, services and hybrid RCM models. The evaluation includes 49 ranked offering categories, 18 qualitative KPIs per category and 720 qualitative KPI measures designed for apples-to-apples comparisons among vendors with comparable buyer use cases and operating models. Black Book also publishes a 49-category demand-ordered leader summary identifying #1 rated vendors across the most closely watched RCM functions.
