Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2025

Tellingly, 60% of recommended imaging isn’t followed up on , and panelists said the one-two punch of limited interoperability and poor engagement play a big part in that. Read more… 2025 Health IT Predictions: Staffing Shortages and Burnout. But does everyone agrees that outsourcing RCM will continue ?

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2024

Revenue Cycle Management (RCM): The Strongest Use Case of GenAI in Healthcare The financial backbone of healthcare, RCM, entails everything from payments and pre-authorization before treatment to reimbursements, compliances, and interoperability with other systems. Such applications go beyond automating repetitive tasks.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Read more… This Weeks Health IT Jobs for February 12, 2025: Multiple roles for experience informaticists, systems analysts, and technology managers. Knack RCM acquired HealthyBOS , an RCM vendor with expertise in the durable medical equipment sector. impacts 1 million patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 9, 2024

Ultimately, the integration of true AI and machine learning in RCM contributes to greater accuracy, reduced denials, and a better patient experience. The best RCM work is eliminating the work itself, and if the work cannot be eliminated then it’s about automating the work through AI and machine learning models.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Patches Seely, Executive Vice President of Clinical Solutions at Carenet Health Clinicians’ burnout is in both a state of prevention and cure.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. This frees up staff to focus on more complex and strategic aspects of RCM. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 13, 2024

Healthcare IT Today heard from Michael Kearney at Altera Digital Health Read about how the company supports interoperability of health data across the provinces in Canada , which includes electronic prescriptions, referrals, and patient summaries. John and Colin talked about the biggest question in healthcare IT these days.

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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

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

At HLTH, Komodo Health’s Julia Goebel shared some insights into how real-world data will impact healthcare decision-making , especially when it comes to closing care gaps and addressing health equity. Read more… EMR and RCM in the Cloud Providing Value to HealthNet.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 8, 2025

We recorded many videos with members of our community and other event attendees to get expert analysis on topicssuch as AI, cybersecurity, and interoperability. Read more… Improving RCM With AI. And what the heck happened to retail health? RCM automation vendor Candid Health raised $52.5

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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. Further compounding the problem: 59% of providers rate patient health literacy as poor despite their education efforts.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. The reason for this is HiMS’ prioritization of interoperability.” ” 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

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. We got plenty of good answers, including collaboration, data visualization, decision support, interoperability, and support for third-party apps.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 30, 2024

News HHS revealed disincentives for providers that commit information blocking , with organizations subject to lower scores and reduced reimbursements under the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program and ineligible for MSSP participation for at least one year. RCM services vendor Savista launched Sophia , a patient-facing digital agent.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 3, 2024

Read more… Technology’s Role in Advancing Interoperability. Read more… GenAI Is Catalyzing Healthcare RCM Transformation. Streamlining RCM can improve access to high-quality and affordable healthcare. Read more… Best Practices for Training During EHR Implementation.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 11, 2024

What Threat or Opportunity Should Health IT Leaders Keep Their Eyes On ? Several people mentioned AI and technology infrastructure ; other concerns included nurse burnout, staffing shortages, and interoperability , the age-old topic. Read more… How Interoperability and Analytics Change the Nurse Call Paradigm.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 13, 2024

Hamad Husainy at PointClickCare sat down with Colin and discussed how TEFCA and other regulations are driving interoperability efforts – and how data-sharing is key to reaping financial benefits under value-based care. Read more… The Benefits of an Open, Interoperable Communication Platform. Million in funding.

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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

JULY 10, 2022

The Sequoia Project has released additional documentation support the implementation of TEFCA , the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement for health IT interoperability. Wisconsin’s Marshfield Clinic Health System selected Force Therapeutics as the care management platform for its orthopedics practice.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2024

2024 Health IT Predictions: AI Regulations and Ethics. This week, we published several more posts in our series on 2024 Health IT Predictions. Read more… 2024 Health IT Predictions: Generative AI and Data. Read more… 2024 Health IT Predictions: The Healthcare Workforce. million in funding.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 2, 2022

In the latest Healthcare IT Today Interviews podcast, Colin Hung chats with Jess Stover at SimiTree and Derek Shaw at Invicta Health Solutions about the role of process automation and data analysis in improving revenue cycle management (RCM) and boosting cash flow at a time when many practices need it.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Cybersecurity, privacy, and interoperability represent the biggest hurdles that vendors will need to overcome. Generative AI could support diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions , and it can help document visits and track symptoms. RCM vendor Access Healthcare acquired Envera Health , a patient engagement vendor.

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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. The following is a guest article by Frank Forte , CEO at EnableComp The healthcare revenue cycle has never been more complex.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 1, 2025

Read more… Collaboration Across the Healthcare Ecosystem Is Key to RCM Success. Organizations are evolving data strategies to meet the demands of a digital-first future – but they also need to consider the demands of legacy infrastructure and interoperability, said Gurpreet (G.P.) Singh at ELLKAY.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 20, 2022

5 Lessons from the Conifer Health Solutions Data Breach. Earlier this month, the RCM vendor reported a data breach that may have impacted patients at five Texas-based providers. The latest CIO Podcast featured Patrick McGill, MD, EVP and Chief Transformation Officer at Community Health Network (Indiana).

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 27, 2024

Scott Sirdevan at Vorro explained how EiPaaS leads to low latency and better interoperability, all while improving security. Read more… Stepping Up to Meet the Need for Mental Health Support. Primary care platform K Health raised a $50 million equity funding round.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

2022 Predictions for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and In Home Care – I know not everyone enjoys predictions, but the fact that last year’s prediction did so well means that people like them more than I realized which is good since we just started our 2023 Health IT Predictions. AI and Automation in RCM is All About Balance.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 15, 2024

Lack of Interoperability Brings Labor-Intensive Workflows Despite the high costs of healthcare in the United States relative to other nations , the country is known for its cutting-edge and innovative treatments. This lack of code interoperability creates paperwork challenges for American hospitals seeking payment from other nations.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2025

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 12, 2023

Achieving Interoperability One Practical Byte at a Time. Upstate New York’s Rochester Regional Health began its interoperability journey with lab data , Colin Hung learned, as there was a clear need to bring in lab test results from many external sources to help care teams make better clinical decisions and improve outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 1, 2022

Rod Nicholls from Knowtion Health really hit home on this point in this video we did together. I think this is a glimpse at the future of health IT. I didn’t expect to see a healthcare interoperability session at HFMA, but Diane Mchalec from UPMC was there doing just that. John Lynn (@techguy) June 29, 2022.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Ben Scharfe at Altera Digital Health outlined why organizations must address the challenge of integrating semi-structured data from ambient listening tools into EHR, analytics, and RCM systems. Interpreter service provider Equiti Health received an investment from Heritage Group. Imaging data provider Segmed secured $10.4

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2024

In other news, Quantum Health launched Premier Oncology , a cancer care navigation tool. RCM outsourcing vendor Ensemble Health Partners expanded its partnership with Microsoft. Specialty telemedicine vendor Thirty Madison is partnering with Talkspace to expand mental health support for women.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Keona Health’s Stephen Dean suggested that automation can be the answer: Automated scheduling, messaging, symptom triage, and other processes help touch more patients in less time. Read more… Interoperability’s Role in Value-Based Drug Pricing.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

They discussed why HIEs have unique IT infrastructure needs , along with the potential of HIEs to address interoperability challenges and improve health inequity at the same time. With costs rising and revenue flat, health systems and physician practices are struggling with interoperability.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 10, 2023

Read more… Surveying Lab Tests From a Health IT Perspective. The EHR Association’s David Bucciferro argued that the latest interoperability proposed rule from ONC doesn’t sufficiently consider the burden compliance will place on provider organizations and health IT developers.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 19, 2023

A survey from the Health Management Academy and Outbound AI reported that almost half (48%) of health systems are using AI technology for workforce management , and 85% expect to see a moderate to significant increase in the use of such tools in the next one to three years.

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