Healthcare IT, Medical Billing and RCM

Should You Keep RCM in House or Leverage RCM As a Service?

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2022

One of the hottest topics we hear talked about at Healthcare IT Today has to do with revenue cycle management (RCM). COVID and other financial pressures have driven RCM to the top of many healthcare organization’s strategic priorities. Plus, finding the right RCM staff makes this even harder.

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Billing Staffers Look for Better Reporting Functionality from Medical Billing Software

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

A new survey looking at billing trends found that respondents hope to see better reporting functionality from their medical billing software.

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GenAI in Healthcare: Catalyzing the Revenue Cycle Management Transformation

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2024

Unsurprisingly, GenAI in healthcare is expected to reach USD 22.1 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.

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Hyndman Area Health Centers Improves RCM Process with Help from eClinicalWorks Despite Key Personnel Departures

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 23, 2023

Healthcare IT Today met with Dr. Brian Stratta, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer of Hyndman Area Health Centers (HAHC) to learn more. Systemic Review of RCM Processes The HAHC billing team, under a new manager, collaborated with eClinicalWorks to review and streamline the RCM process.

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How to Discover Better Insurance Coverage, Together

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Many healthcare providers find themselves wondering whether a revenue cycle management (RCM) partner would benefit their organizations. Streamline the billing process The right RCM partner will help providers optimize revenue by creating faster, easier processes to identify insurance coverage.

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Weekly Roundup – November 9, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Healthcare IT Today caught several experts on camera in Las Vegas. Read more… Balancing AI and Humans in RCM to Produce Clear ROI.

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Turning Increased Ambulatory Volumes into Financial Strength: 4 Moves for RCM

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Medical care prices may have grown at their slowest rate in decades in the past year, but consumers still feel the pinch, with many dipping into savings to pay their medical bills. They offer a private way for patients to navigate their healthcare expenses so they may determine which options for payment best meet their needs.

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Digital Innovation and AI in Revenue Cycle Management

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2023

Digital Innovation and Artificial Intelligence are two huge topics recently in the world of Healthcare IT. We reached out to the Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights on this topic. It’s reported that somewhere around 80% of medical bills contain errors, which hurts the patient and the provider.

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DAS Health Expands Reach to Senior Living Organizations with Recent Acquisition

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 19, 2024

DAS Health , a provider of healthcare IT and business solutions, proudly announces the acquisition of Agility Holdings, LLC dba vcpi. This significant acquisition expands DAS Health’s position into the senior living space, further establishing the company as the preeminent player in healthcare IT and business solutions.

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Weekly Roundup – November 4, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… What Tools are Necessary for Handling the Cloud in Healthcare ? Helping Providers in Ontario Adopt AI and Improve EMRs.

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Weekly Roundup – May 11, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 11, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Healthcare IT Today asked 16 experts at ViVE 2024 this question. Read more… A Look at RCM, AI, and a New Book Called Joy Notes.

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Access Healthcare Acquires Envera Health

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Enhances Revenue Cycle Services Market Leadership with Patient Engagement Services and Technology Capabilities Today, Access Healthcare , a global leader in revenue cycle management (RCM) and healthcare services, announced the acquisition of Envera Health , a market leader in patient engagement services.

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Bonus Features – April 2, 2023 – 63% of nurses say AI will cause a generational divide among nursing staff, 67% of consumers prefer electronic medical bills but 78% of providers still use paper, and more

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2023

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.

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Improving Patient Financial Engagement: A Tech-Driven Approach

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 26, 2024

Leveraging the latest communications technology offers three big advantages for patients and healthcare billers: Transparency in Billing One of the biggest hurdles to patient bill payment is a lack of transparency. Patients often find medical bills confusing and difficult to understand, making them hesitant to pay.

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New E&M Guidelines for Emergency Medicine

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 9, 2022

From the perspective of revenue cycle management (RCM), the updates may create revenue uncertainty. . While any changes to the status quo can cause anxiety, especially when they tie directly into revenue, with the proper knowledge, preparation, and technology, medical organizations can stay on track to reach their 2023 RCM goals. .

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Bonus Features – August 6, 2023 – 83% of hospitals are collecting SDoH data, 46% of hospitals planning to use large language models in the call center, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 2023

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.

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Adapting to Change: The Imperative for Provider Revenue Diversification

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Unfortunately, healthcare often faces communication challenges between patients, providers, and insurers. This can lead to unnecessary visits, improper billing, and confusing statements that leave patients feeling overwhelmed by medical bills. Compassionate Approach Patients facing medical bills can feel anxious.

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ImagineSoftware Announces Strategic Growth Investment from Marlin Equity Partners

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Technology Partners, LLC, doing business as ImagineSoftwareTM (“Imagine”), a leading provider of medical billing automation software and revenue cycle management applications, today announced it received a strategic growth investment from Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”).

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Waystar to Acquire Patientco to Bring True Consumerism to Healthcare, Simplifying Payment Processes for Patients and Providers

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2021

The combination accelerates transformation in the healthcare industry and dramatically improves the patient financial experience. Together, Waystar and Patientco will offer patients consumer-friendly experiences when paying medical bills, […].

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Availity Fills in Staff Knowledge at the Point of Engagement with Patients

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 9, 2024

Learn more about Availity: [link] Listen and subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast to hear all the latest insights from experts in healthcare IT. Enjoy our interview with Krisi Hutson from Availity. And for an exclusive look at our top stories, subscribe to our newsletter and YouTube. Tell us what you think.

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Voice-to-Billing Ambient Clinical Voice at Medvise.AI

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 22, 2024

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How AI Can Optimize Accounts Receivable Management

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 18, 2024

Information provided by payers, such as Explanations of Benefits (EOB), may seem vague or unclear to patients, resulting in 72% of consumers reporting being confused once they receive their medical bill.

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Activating Patient Payment Behavior: Why a Digital-First Approach Is a Hospital’s Best Bet

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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CodaMetrix Closes $55M Series A to Autonomously Power Medical Coding, Boost Health System Revenue Cycles

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 10, 2023

As such, coders are expected to “speak the language” of physicians and payers, a mistake-prone exercise that drains time from coders and physicians alike. “As

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Enhancing Payment Integrity in Healthcare through Pre-Payment Reviews

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

It’s estimated that up to 80 percent of medical bills contain errors amounting to billions of dollars that are lost annually to payers. That’s billions that cannot be reinvested back into the healthcare system to increase the affordability and accessibility of care.

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Community Hospitals Are Severely Challenged Financially, It’s Time for a Payment Rx

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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WNS’s AI-Driven Application Takes Doctors Off the Phone with Payers

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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DAS Health Expands Into Canadian Market with Recent Acquisition

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 2024

DAS Health Ventures, LLC (DAS Health) , a provider of healthcare IT and business solutions, proudly announces the acquisition of the North American Digital Health division from a leading established digital transformation provider based in Canada.

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WELL Health to Acquire EMR, Billing and Clinical Assets from CloudMD

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This acquisition will also enable our EMR and billing divisions to enter new markets in the Canadian Prairies where we look forward to supporting healthcare practitioners’ access to new digital health innovations.”

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Weekly Roundup – September 17, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Analytics Will Help Amazon (Eventually) Benefit From the One Medical Acquisition. Medical billing analytics startup AESOP Technology raised a $2.95

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Weekly Roundup – September 17, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Analytics Will Help Amazon (Eventually) Benefit From the One Medical Acquisition. Medical billing analytics startup AESOP Technology raised a $2.95

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Should You Keep RCM in House or Leverage RCM As a Service?

Billing Staffers Look for Better Reporting Functionality from Medical Billing Software

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GenAI in Healthcare: Catalyzing the Revenue Cycle Management Transformation

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Hyndman Area Health Centers Improves RCM Process with Help from eClinicalWorks Despite Key Personnel Departures

How to Discover Better Insurance Coverage, Together

Weekly Roundup – November 9, 2024

Turning Increased Ambulatory Volumes into Financial Strength: 4 Moves for RCM

Digital Innovation and AI in Revenue Cycle Management

DAS Health Expands Reach to Senior Living Organizations with Recent Acquisition

Weekly Roundup – November 4, 2023

Weekly Roundup – May 11, 2024

Access Healthcare Acquires Envera Health

Bonus Features – April 2, 2023 – 63% of nurses say AI will cause a generational divide among nursing staff, 67% of consumers prefer electronic medical bills but 78% of providers still use paper, and more

Improving Patient Financial Engagement: A Tech-Driven Approach

New E&M Guidelines for Emergency Medicine

Bonus Features – August 6, 2023 – 83% of hospitals are collecting SDoH data, 46% of hospitals planning to use large language models in the call center, and more

Adapting to Change: The Imperative for Provider Revenue Diversification

ImagineSoftware Announces Strategic Growth Investment from Marlin Equity Partners

Waystar to Acquire Patientco to Bring True Consumerism to Healthcare, Simplifying Payment Processes for Patients and Providers

Availity Fills in Staff Knowledge at the Point of Engagement with Patients

Voice-to-Billing Ambient Clinical Voice at Medvise.AI

How AI Can Optimize Accounts Receivable Management

Activating Patient Payment Behavior: Why a Digital-First Approach Is a Hospital’s Best Bet

CodaMetrix Closes $55M Series A to Autonomously Power Medical Coding, Boost Health System Revenue Cycles

Enhancing Payment Integrity in Healthcare through Pre-Payment Reviews

Community Hospitals Are Severely Challenged Financially, It’s Time for a Payment Rx

WNS’s AI-Driven Application Takes Doctors Off the Phone with Payers

DAS Health Expands Into Canadian Market with Recent Acquisition

WELL Health to Acquire EMR, Billing and Clinical Assets from CloudMD

Weekly Roundup – September 17, 2022

Weekly Roundup – September 17, 2022

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