Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 15, 2024

For providers, this also substantially reduces claim denials for their finance and RCM teams. ” Nirvana’s innovative technology transforms outdated insurance data structure, originally designed in the 1970s for specialized billers and lengthy phone calls, into a modern verification standard.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Partnerships MEDENT and Azalea Health added Suki Platform , Suki’s AI engine, to their EHR systems. Payment vendor RevSpring launched Forms Blast to assist with digital collection of patient data. ModMed released ModMed Scribe , an AI ambient listening tool natively built into the EMA EHR platform.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

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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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 15, 2023

After conducting in-depth research with health system finance leaders across the country, FinThrive realized there was a significant market need for an adoption model that could show the impact of technology on RCM. This is unique compared to many adoption models which don’t consider the value of implementing technology.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Nearly two-thirds (65%) of RCM leaders believe generative AI will substantially impact medical coding operations , according to an AKASA survey. Privacy technology vendor BeeKeeperAI and Nordic Consulting are collaborating to develop clinical decision support systems for EHR workflows.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

First, HiMS’s AXiOM EHR software needed to be updated with the latest HCPCS codes for certain COVID-19 diagnostic tests, as well as CPT codes for testing purposes. ” Through AXiOM, all of COPE’s technologies, including telehealth and revenue cycle management (RCM), can communicate with each other.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Net Health is integrating Tali , a voice-enabled AI assistant, into four of its restorative care EHR offerings. Recently launched medical imaging and clinical data network Avandra is collaborating with Datavant to support data exchange. RCM vendor TruBridge elected Amy O’Keefe to its Board of Directors.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 12, 2024

A seamless transfer of data in the revenue cycle process results in optimal reimbursement, reduced administrative costs, and fewer surprises for patients. Prioritize Intake for Effective RCM Patient intake is an important part of the revenue cycle process. Ultimately, streamlined data and processes improve the patient experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 15, 2025

Ethical Considerations For Implementing AI Solutions While Protecting Patient Data Privacy. Key advice: Source diverse data sets, implement transparent models, and require vendors to sign a BAA. Russell Graney at Aidin outlined how looking at the right data can drive decision-making.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2025

News ASTP released a draft of United States Core Data for Interoperability v6 , with six new data elements. Genomic data company Helix added three health systems to its Helix Research Network : TriHealth, Parkview Health, and Rochester Regional Health. Veradigm added SDoH and mortality data to its ambulatory EHR database.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Kim Perry, Chief Growth Officer at emtelligent As we move into 2025, the sheer volume and complexity of healthcare data will surge beyond what any human team can realistically process. I believe the industry needs to leave room for technology disruptors as the EHR industry consolidates into a small handful of companies.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Studies In the last 12 months, 44% of healthcare organizations experienced a data breach or cyberattack involving a third-party vendor , according to an Imprivata report. Prior authorization technology vendor careviso announced a strategic alliance with XiFin , an RCM vendor. Data intelligence platform Evidently hired Dr.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2024

As I said in my previous writeup at an EHR user conference, I believe there’s no way for the culture of a company not to appear at their user conference. Amazing to see how impactful an integrated solution with access to the EHR data can be. The third panel provided AI feedback and answers to support the call center agent.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 9, 2025

Studies An Omega Healthcare survey found 85% of senior healthcare executives believe AI will improve RCM efficiency. Healthcare executive have had personal information exposed in an average of 40 data breaches , according to a report from privacy vendor Picnic. Surescripts processed 2.6

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. The patient is worried about privacy and data security. The patient is growing aware of her personal “data space.” Patient’s privacy and data security. The patient’s personal data-space.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Nearly all (95%) of healthcare executives are interested in end-to-end managed services to solve RCM challenges, according to a survey from Ensemble Health Partners. Partnerships Qualtrics and Epic are partnering to integrate patient experience data into the EHR. More than 70% prefer managed services to in-house operations.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 2, 2025

A survey from emtelligent found less than 40% of healthcare organizations have a “perfect” solution in place for working with unstructured data to gain insights, reduce operating costs, or develop new products. Rural hospital financial optimization company Cibolo Health selected TruBridge as its preferred RCM partner.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Studies Hospitals ended 2024 with operating margins of 6%, and health systems with margins of 2.1% , according to the latest data from Strata Decision. Lone Star Family Health Center selected athenaOne for EHR, RCM, and patient engagement. Inpatient and outpatient volumes are rising, while ED visit volume is falling.

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Healthcare IT Today

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. Read more… The Sequoia Projects Efforts to Improve Patient Access to Data.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

a leading provider of healthcare data and technology solutions announced today the acquisition of Koha Health , a full-service revenue cycle management (RCM) company. About Veradigm Veradigm is a healthcare technology company that drives value through its unique combination of platforms, data, expertise, connectivity, and scale.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 31, 2024

By making key performance metrics available to its customers in a data warehouse, practices are able to see how they are performing relative to organizations of similar type, size, geography and along dozens of other vectors. “By It is a powerful tool that allows us to partner more closely with our clients.”

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 7, 2022

All others must bring data.” Great panel with @Fin_Thrive , @BannerHealth & @CenturaHealth on the future of #RCM. What’s cool about where we’re at today is now we can get the data. Ok, you could substitute any EHR in there, but you get the point. Never underestimate the power of easy. “In In God we trust.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 30, 2022

The upside of adopting technology for RCM can be significant: A drop in DSO (days sales outstanding). One technology in particular is proving to be very effective for RCM improvement – data analytics. Data has been compiling for years and sitting cold and dark for all of that time,” stated Shaw.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

As electronic health record (EHR) systems become nearly universal and interoperability initiatives gain momentum, many healthcare providers assume their revenue cycle challenges are solved. In 2008, 9% of hospitals and 17% of office-based physicians used EHR systems. By 2021, these numbers had soared to 96% and 78%, respectively.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2023

By adding Corridor to its portfolio, WellSky will expand its medical coding and revenue cycle management (RCM) offerings to help care providers increase efficiency and improve performance across clinical, financial, operational, and compliance areas.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2024

Also, 55% of practices allow staff more data access than they actually need to do their job. Partnerships Redox is partnering with Snowflake to make data from legacy healthcare systems available in Snowflake’s Healthcare & Life Sciences Cloud. RCM vendor TruBridge received the Peer Reviewed by HFMA designation.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 8, 2024

Answers included AI’s potential and impact for small practices, the responsible use of AI, getting access to the right data, and using AI less but making it work at scale. Read more… AI and EHR in the Cloud at United Digestive. Read more… Easy, Secure Logins for Accessing Patient Data.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 24, 2023

News and Studies Median hospital margins rose to 2% in November , according to the latest data from Syntellis, and per-physician revenue growth is outpacing per-physician expenses. Partnerships Greenway Health integrated Data Dimensions’ Providerflow platform into its new release, Greenway Document Manager.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 23, 2025

Quest Diagnostics is collaborating with Google Cloud to streamline data management and data analytics. RCM vendor R1 is partnering with Palantir Technologies to launch R37 , an AI lab focused on healthcare financial performance. Data exchange vendor Madaket Health appointed Gregg Morin as Vice President of Partnerships.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 4, 2024

The following is a guest article by Austin Ward, Head of Growth at Fathom In the face of workforce shortages and increasing cost pressures, many organizations are turning to AI technologies to automate revenue cycle management (RCM) processes. Automation Rate The most important criterion for AI in RCM is the automation rate.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2024

A survey from Hakkoda found 92% of healthcare organizations need to modernize their data infrastructure. Products Inovalon launched Converged Solutions to simplify encounter data submissions in support of risk adjustment programs. Arizona-based Integrated Medical Services implemented athenahealth EHR, RCM, and patient engagement tools.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 3, 2024

Michael Blackman at Greenway Health told Colin that reluctance to use AI may stem from getting burned by EHR systems that overpromised. Read more… Supercharge Population Health With Medication Data. Read more… Best Practices for Training During EHR Implementation.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 9, 2023

A study from CWH Advisors and Synchrony found that 63% of providers have RCM staffing shortages , and 61% expect to work with third parties for help. 4medica received HITRUST r2 Certification for its Data Quality Platform. Florida-based Palm Plastic Surgery & Medspa selected eClinicalWorks Cloud EHR.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 21, 2023

Read more… The Role of Innovation and AI in RCM. Read more… Seeing How Patients Experience RCM. John also asked the experts what RCM looks like to patients. Read more… A New Look at Data Management and Data Sharing. Read more… A New Look at Data Management and Data Sharing.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2024

According to the Healthcare IT Today community, biased algorithms, transparent AI models, data privacy, and data quality rank among the biggest challenges the industry faces. Elie Toubiana at ScribeMD talked to John Lynn about shallow, deep, and white-label integrations of ambient clinical voice and EHRs. Barnabas Hospital.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Among the many announced initiatives was the Sync for Social Needs coalition , a group of health systems, insurers, and vendors committed to standardizing the sharing of patient data on food insecurity and other social determinants. Handheld ultrasound scanner maker Butterfly Network launched its Proficiency Management Solution.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 26, 2024

Only 43% of hospitals routinely engage in interoperable data exchange , according to the latest ONC data brief. Products Health Catalyst unveiled Health Catalyst Ignite , the next generation of its data and analytics platform. Inpatient data analytics vendor Kontakt.io appointed Michael R.

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