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Weekly Roundup – October 26, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

RCM company CorroHealth finalized its acquisition of Xtend , Navient’s healthcare RCM business. Intellectual and developmental disabilities care platform CentralReach acquired Behavior Science Technology , a treatment platform for behavior analysis.

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RCM: Fixing the Old and Adjusting to the New

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Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) is like a one of those huge Lego sculptures. Having a well executed RCM strategy is crucial to keep your organization running because it impacts everything. From the outside it looks one thing, but upon further inspection there are a million tiny little pieces that fit together to create the whole.

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Promising AI Applications in Improving Patient Outcomes and Streamlining Healthcare Operations

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John Waters, Director, Revenue Cycle Product at CliniComp AI can be used in the RCM world to solve two overarching themes: inefficiencies in workflow, and errors that cause delays in payment. AI facilitates real-time data analysis, providing clinicians with instant access to patient histories, lab results, and treatment plans.

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Weekly Roundup – November 9, 2024

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Read more… Balancing AI and Humans in RCM to Produce Clear ROI. Navaneeth Nair and Lora Pada at Infinx talked to John about AI’s role in improving RCM efficiency and reimbursement rates , along with finding a good balance between automation and human expertise.

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Remote cardiac monitoring programs have potential, but they're still falling short

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"These numbers are not surprising, as RCM is still relatively new," said Kristin Stitt, chief clinical officer at Vector, in a statement. That said, RCM technology is still maturing. The report also flagged a potential mismatch between the administrative burden of RCM on staff and the awareness of said burden on physicians.

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The Impact of Effective Revenue Cycle Management

Healthcare IT Today

These factors have made the already complex activity of revenue cycle management (RCM) – the process of tracking care from patient registration to claims submission to final payment – significantly more challenging. Conversely, RCM inefficiencies can severely diminish the quality of care and lead a provider to financial ruin.

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Weekly Roundup – November 2, 2024

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Steps such as automated monitoring and root cause analysis can limit the damage, noted Scott Ragsdale at Nutanix. RCM automation platform Candid Health announced $29 million in Series B funding. Read more… Minimizing the Impact of Ransomware in the Cloud. Read more… Cybersecurity Best Practices for Patient Data Sharing.