Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 13, 2025

One study showed that missed appointments is costing the healthcare system more than $150 Billion a year in the US. Currently, because of antiquated medical billing, people have to call three days in advance to get a ride to dialysis or other preventative care. NEMT can help with this problem. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

One challenge is finding the right patient payer information. Technology can help organizations identify more billable insurance coverage for self-pay patients, maximizing revenue, increasing efficiency and improving patient experience. adults report that they wouldn’t have the money to cover a $500 medical bill.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Urgently Ortho in San Francisco, California, had an overarching goal: to create a tech-enabled orthopedic urgent care facility that provided a seamless patient experience using technology that could scale with leadership’s growth ambitions. ” Most hospital EHRs did not offer a great patient experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. News and Studies.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 27, 2021

A group of California hospitals has had such success with the initial run of its medical billing improvement process that it has expanded far more quickly than it had originally intended.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 31, 2023

With delivery capabilities across upstream and downstream processes, Access Healthcare is uniquely positioned to unlock insights derived from operational processes to prevent claim denials, maximize collections, and enhance the overall patient experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 18, 2022

In a medical emergency, patients would be forced to cover massive medical bills out of pocket. As a result, 1 in 10 Americans owe some form of medical debt , with millions owing more than $10,000. The fallout from these statistics takes many forms.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2022

According to one survey on healthcare payment plans, 90.7 percent of patients would be interested in using payment plans in the future. When patients have questions about their medical bills, offer support over a variety of communication channels like live chat, text, email, or IVR. Provide enhanced support.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

They must also think carefully about what it takes to deliver an outstanding patient experience—including digitally—in a post-COVID world, where consumers expect digital access and support at each stage of their care journey. But finding the right approach is key.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2023

It is not about remote patient monitoring or adopting electronic health records or tools to help patients view their charts. We’ve seen that the patient experience, cost control and human capital considerations all improve with real-time connectivity. But improving connectivity is easier said than done.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In an economy where inflation is impacting fuel, housing, and grocery prices, an unexpected medical bill can go from merely unforeseen to flat-out unfeasible for some. When it comes to prescription medications, consumers demonstrate this hesitancy.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Improves the patient experience. Rising costs have placed more of the financial burden on patients. In fact, 1 in 11 adults delay or go without medical care due to cost reasons, according to the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 18, 2024

In a recent survey , 90% of patients surveyed said they would like to know their payment responsibility upfront, while only 20% understand what they will owe after an appointment. Increasing clarity and efficiency throughout the process can reduce stress and improve satisfaction for patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Ninety percent of patients surveyed said that provider loyalty depends on the patient financial experience. adults with unpaid medical bills say they’ve had a provider deny them care due to that medical debt, leading many to put off care. Both can impact outcomes, costs, and the patient experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 11, 2023

Inbox Health’s data-driven platform makes it easy to automate and personalize patient billing communications, modernizing long-standing industry norms of 30/60/90-day paper statement billing cycles. By improving the patient experience, billers see an increase in profitability, cash flow, and collection speeds.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 20, 2022

It takes about three paper statements , on average, for consumers to pay their medical bills. Just three years ago, 90% of healthcare organizations relied on paper-based billing statements. The following is a guest article by Mark Spinner, President and CEO at AccessOne.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 26, 2024

Not surprisingly, increasing revenue is a top priority for 70% of healthcare finance and revenue cycle executives, according to 2024 research by the Healthcare Financial Management Association and FinThrive. Patients often find medical bills confusing and difficult to understand, making them hesitant to pay.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Doctors don’t seem flustered by bodily fluids or welts–what they dread is the hour-long calls with insurers, trying to persuade them to cover a test or procedure. There has to be some quality monitoring to prevent fraud and upcoding, but a lot of the time, the doctor just hasn’t coded properly or filled out the […].

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The following is a guest article by Tom Furr, CEO at PatientPay Forty percent of U.S. hospitals are losing money, a Kaufman Hall analysis shows, even at a time when overall hospital margins are growing. Among them, community and rural hospitals are taking the worst hit.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2023

We reached out to our beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community to get their insights on the role technology can play in working towards health equity. Melissa Urrea, Senior Executive Medical Director at naviHealth One of the areas where technology and research can improve healthcare is in the area of genomics.

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