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Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management – 2025 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2025

As we wrap up another year and get ready for 2025 to begin, it is once again time for everyone’s favorite annual tradition of Health IT Predictions! Check out the community’s predictions down below and be sure to follow along as we share more 2025 Health IT Predictions !

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Bonus Features – January 12, 2025 – 80% of providers prioritizing updates to billing and payment systems, new board chairs at AHIMA and the EHR Association, plus 19 other stories

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2025

We hope you all had a restful holiday season and are ready for whatever 2025 has to offer. Surveys About 80% of providers said updating billing and payment systems and expanding payment options are key focus areas for 2025 , according to a TrustCommerce survey. It’s been a minute.

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AI and Automation in Healthcare – 2025 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 23, 2024

As we wrap up another year and get ready for 2025 to begin, it is once again time for everyone’s favorite annual tradition of Health IT Predictions! Check out the community’s predictions down below and be sure to follow along as we share more 2025 Health IT Predictions ! These are rule-based, repetitive tasks.

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Weekly Roundup – March 15, 2025

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 15, 2025

Another topic for the experts in the Healthcare IT Today community highlighted AI use cases such as RCM automation, diagnostic efficiency, clinical documentation, and predictive analytics. Read more… AI’s Promise in Improving Patient Outcomes and Streamlining Healthcare Operations.

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Weekly Roundup – February 8, 2025

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FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Daniel Shirvani at QUAS talked to John Lynn about developing an AI scribe that supports virtually any clinical workflow – which it achieves in part with limited use of “gimmicky tools” and EHR integrations. RCM platform Access Healthcare announced a growth investment from New Mountain Capital.

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Bonus Features – January 19, 2025 – 183 million patient records exposed in cyberattacks in 2024, 74% of orgs rely on manual processes for workforce management, plus 36 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2025

Two-thirds of healthcare organizations are considering bringing workloads from the public cloud back to private or on-premise clouds, according to the 2025 State of the Cloud report form Rackspace. Products At CES 2025, Asahi Kasei Microdevices unveiled sensors to power fall detection and wristband-based thermometers.

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Raintree Systems Acquires Rehab Therapy AI Technology Leader Yoomi Health

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The Yoomi acquisition paves the way for accelerated delivery of AI products that change the paradigm of how rehab therapy EHRs inherently function. With Yoomi and Raintree working together to deliver an all-inclusive native EHR AI solution, we will reduce the cost per activity for rehab therapy practices.

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Weekly Roundup – January 18, 2025

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2025

Read more… The Sequoia Project’s Healthcare Interoperability Roadmap for 2025. Read more… 2025 Health IT Predictions: Wearable Devices and Mobile Applications. Read more… 2025 Predictions: Patient-Centered Care. Read more… 2025 Predictions: Healthcare Regulations and Compliance.

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Infinx Envisions a Life Cycle Around AI to Improve RCM

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 3, 2025

Navaneeth Nair, its Chief Product Officer, views AI refinement as a life cycle in which humans constantly monitor and evaluate its results, giving AI feedback so that it keeps up with the evolution of RCM. The AI agent can insert an order into a patient record, and even create the record in the EHR. Infinx has hierarchies of AI agents.

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Weekly Roundup – March 1, 2025

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 1, 2025

HIMSS 2025 Preview. Colin covered a ViVE 2025 session with Xsolis CTO Zach Evans. Read more… Revitalizing Data From EHRs, Archives, and the Back Office. Read more… Collaboration Across the Healthcare Ecosystem Is Key to RCM Success. Heading to Las Vegas? Singh at ELLKAY.

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Bonus Features – March 9, 2025 – 85% of senior leaders say AI will improve RCM efficiency, 44% of patients worry AI will reduce personal interactions with their providers, plus 26 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 9, 2025

Studies An Omega Healthcare survey found 85% of senior healthcare executives believe AI will improve RCM efficiency. Wolters Kluwer Health integrated UpToDate with Phrase Health , an EHR workflow optimization product. RCM vendor Infinx Healthcare unveiled its Revenue Cycle Agent Platform and Document Capture AI Agent Platform.

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Bonus Features – February 23, 2025 – 44% of orgs experienced a cyberattack involving a third-party vendor in the last year, 20% of patients prefer AI to phone calls if it results in faster service, plus 25 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Compared to 2024, more healthcare financial professionals expect their margins to increase in 2025 (36%) than those who expect margins to decrease (14%), according to the latest data from Strata Decision Technology. Prior authorization technology vendor careviso announced a strategic alliance with XiFin , an RCM vendor.

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Bonus Features – October 27, 2024 – Almost 90% of info blocking complaints to ONC/ASTP are against providers, 74% of patients with health plan questions want to speak to a human, plus 20 other stories

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Net Health is integrating Tali , a voice-enabled AI assistant, into four of its restorative care EHR offerings. ixlayer announced a Complete Blood Count test with at-home sample collection , with public availability expected in early 2025. RCM vendor TruBridge elected Amy O’Keefe to its Board of Directors.

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Bonus Features – February 2, 2025 – Only 14% of Americans confident with their health plan choice, hospitals end 2024 with 6% operating margins, plus 19 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Lone Star Family Health Center selected athenaOne for EHR, RCM, and patient engagement. Perceptyx launched Activate for Healthcare to help health systems analyze and act on feedback from employee surveys. Sales Mercy is launching Aidocs aiOS platform to support diagnostic imaging review.

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Bonus Features – March 23, 2025 – NVIDIA expands partnerships with GE HealthCare and Lenovo, plus 25 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 23, 2025

News from NVIDIA’s GTC 2025 conference Smart hospital platform Artisight is integrating NVIDIA Jetson , an advanced AI computing platform, into operating room optimization software it previously built in collaboration with KARL STORZ. Quest Diagnostics is collaborating with Google Cloud to streamline data management and data analytics.

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CareCloud Reignites Acquisition Strategy with MesaBilling Acquisition

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 3, 2025

Finalized on February 28, 2025, this acquisition, though very small, sets the stage for a dynamic new era of strategic growth, reinforcing CareClouds position at the forefront of the healthcare billing industry. Originally announced March 3rd, 2025 Follow CareCloud on LinkedIn , X , and Facebook.

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Bonus Features – March 2, 2025 – 61% of docs worry AI will increase prior auth denial rates, more than 60% of orgs using imperfect tools to manage unstructured data, plus 37 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 2, 2025

Rural hospital financial optimization company Cibolo Health selected TruBridge as its preferred RCM partner. CliniComp announced Intrinsic AI , which brings native AI capabilities to its EHR product. Knack RCM announced Michelle Brown as Vice President of Transformation.

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Bonus Features – December 24 , 2023 – 74% of orgs automating RCM operations, per-physician revenue exceeding expenses at U.S. hospitals, plus 19 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Among those organizations not using automation, 80% plan to by the end of 2025. GI care platform Ayble Health is integrating with Commure Engage to make Ayble referrals available through EHRs. Partnerships Greenway Health integrated Data Dimensions’ Providerflow platform into its new release, Greenway Document Manager.

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Bonus Features – October 6, 2024 – Only 25% of health systems trust ROI claims from digital health vendors, behavioral health makes up 72% of telehealth volume, plus 20 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2024

According to a Harmony Healthcare IT survey, 72% of Americans are worried about healthcare costs in 2025 , and two-thirds expect to pay more next year. Products Avo launched Ask Avo , an AI tool for clinical consults that integrates with EHR systems. Virginia-based Mary Washington Healthcare chose Ensemble for RCM.

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Bonus Features – September 8, 2024 – 96% of healthcare tech leaders said effectively using AI provides a competitive edge, 72% of organizations are satisfied with their cloud migrations, plus 19 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

News Among the proposals in the CMS 2025 Medicare OPPS and ASC payment system proposed rule is a one-year extension of the voluntary reporting of core clinical data elements. The EHR Association supports the extension , noting that the majority of hospitals have been struggling to meet these requirements.

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Bonus Features – June 16, 2024 – 40% of patients are willing to follow medical advice generated by AI, genetic testing utilization went up 5% last year, plus 22 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 16, 2024

The push to adopt EHR and RCM technology in acute care has left other care settings underserved , with adoption under 50% in post-acute care, primary care, and rehab, according to the latest HFS Research report. Bizmatics is integrating DrFirst ‘s RxInform patient engagement tool into its PrognoCIS EHR.

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Bonus Features – December 15, 2024 – Only 1 in 8 hospitals have made inpatient virtual care a standard part of care delivery, eCW survey says 90% of clinicians view AI favorably, plus 26 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Roughly 53% of healthcare leaders see patient access as their top area of focus for 2025 , according to a trends report from Vizient. South Dakota-based Sanford Health selected Availity Essentials Pro for RCM. California-based in-home post-surgical rehabilitation provider GrandCare Health Service selected Homecare Homebase for RCM.

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Cleveland Clinic’s AI Scribe Bake-Off: How Ambience Healthcare Came Out on Top

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

One of the interesting questions posed to Buduma was whether he sees a future where vendors, particular EHRs, will allow customers to deploy their choice of AI solutions to power their systems or whether vendors will pick one AI dance partner and offer no choice. Will Healthcare Adopt a Best of Breed Approach to AI?

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Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management – 2025 Health IT Predictions

Bonus Features – January 12, 2025 – 80% of providers prioritizing updates to billing and payment systems, new board chairs at AHIMA and the EHR Association, plus 19 other stories

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Bonus Features – January 19, 2025 – 183 million patient records exposed in cyberattacks in 2024, 74% of orgs rely on manual processes for workforce management, plus 36 more stories

Raintree Systems Acquires Rehab Therapy AI Technology Leader Yoomi Health

Weekly Roundup – January 18, 2025

Infinx Envisions a Life Cycle Around AI to Improve RCM

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Bonus Features – March 9, 2025 – 85% of senior leaders say AI will improve RCM efficiency, 44% of patients worry AI will reduce personal interactions with their providers, plus 26 more stories

Bonus Features – February 23, 2025 – 44% of orgs experienced a cyberattack involving a third-party vendor in the last year, 20% of patients prefer AI to phone calls if it results in faster service, plus 25 more stories

Bonus Features – October 27, 2024 – Almost 90% of info blocking complaints to ONC/ASTP are against providers, 74% of patients with health plan questions want to speak to a human, plus 20 other stories

Bonus Features – February 2, 2025 – Only 14% of Americans confident with their health plan choice, hospitals end 2024 with 6% operating margins, plus 19 more stories

Bonus Features – March 23, 2025 – NVIDIA expands partnerships with GE HealthCare and Lenovo, plus 25 more stories

CareCloud Reignites Acquisition Strategy with MesaBilling Acquisition

Bonus Features – March 2, 2025 – 61% of docs worry AI will increase prior auth denial rates, more than 60% of orgs using imperfect tools to manage unstructured data, plus 37 more stories

Bonus Features – December 24 , 2023 – 74% of orgs automating RCM operations, per-physician revenue exceeding expenses at U.S. hospitals, plus 19 more stories

Bonus Features – October 6, 2024 – Only 25% of health systems trust ROI claims from digital health vendors, behavioral health makes up 72% of telehealth volume, plus 20 more stories

Bonus Features – September 8, 2024 – 96% of healthcare tech leaders said effectively using AI provides a competitive edge, 72% of organizations are satisfied with their cloud migrations, plus 19 more stories

Bonus Features – June 16, 2024 – 40% of patients are willing to follow medical advice generated by AI, genetic testing utilization went up 5% last year, plus 22 more stories

Bonus Features – December 15, 2024 – Only 1 in 8 hospitals have made inpatient virtual care a standard part of care delivery, eCW survey says 90% of clinicians view AI favorably, plus 26 more stories

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