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Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management – 2025 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2025

Outsourcing will pivot to a more surgical, targeted strategy, focusing on high-impact, specialized areas like revenue integrity, underpayment recovery, and the more commonplace out-of-state Medicaid and small balance recovery work where RCM outsourcing supplements streamlined, automation-empowered teams instead of replacing them.

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Health IT RCM Life Science Patient Experience

Bonus Features – March 9, 2025 – 85% of senior leaders say AI will improve RCM efficiency, 44% of patients worry AI will reduce personal interactions with their providers, plus 26 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 9, 2025

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Studies An Omega Healthcare survey found 85% of senior healthcare executives believe AI will improve RCM efficiency.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

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Bonus Features – April 9, 2023 – 63% of RCM departments face staffing shortages, small Stanford study shows 90% of GPT answers in clinical setting are “generally safe,” and more

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 9, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. 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.

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Webinars

Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

MORE WEBINARS

Bonus Features – January 19, 2025 – 183 million patient records exposed in cyberattacks in 2024, 74% of orgs rely on manual processes for workforce management, plus 36 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2025

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. News ASTP released a draft of United States Core Data for Interoperability v6 , with six new data elements. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features.

Telecare

Telecare RCM Healthcare Data Security EHR

Bonus Features, ViVE Edition – February 18, 2025 – CancerX launches latest Accelerator, Innovaccer unveils new AI agents, plus 16 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

This article is a roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, partnerships, research studies, and sales from this year’s event in Nashville. RCM optimization vendor Iodine Software launched Appeals Management Workspace to support denials management.

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Bonus Features – March 23, 2025 – NVIDIA expands partnerships with GE HealthCare and Lenovo, plus 25 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 23, 2025

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. RCM vendor R1 is partnering with Palantir Technologies to launch R37 , an AI lab focused on healthcare financial performance.

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Interoperability RCM EMR Healthcare IT

Bonus Features – January 28, 2024 – 49% of orgs likely to invest in RCM tech in the next 18 months, v2 drafts of TEFCA Common Agreement and QHIN Technical Framework out, plus 27 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 28, 2024

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. News and Studies The Sequoia Project released a bundle of TEFCA draft documents , including v2 drafts of the Common Agreement and QHIN Technical Framework.

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RCM FHIR Healthcare IT Mental health

Bonus Features – June 30, 2024 – 56% of organizations say shortage of IT talent is a key challenge, 87% of physicians say at-home testing improves access to diagnostic services, plus 22 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 30, 2024

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Studies An industry trends report from Auvik found 56% of healthcare organizations face a shortage of IT talent. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features.

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eCare RCM Interoperability Healthcare IT

Bonus Features – June 2, 2024 – 55% of practices give staff more data access than they need to do their jobs, interest in DNA stool tests for colon cancer screening up 933% since 2018, plus 20 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2024

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Studies Only 63% of practices have a cybersecurity response plan in place , according to a Software Advice survey. RCM vendor TruBridge received the Peer Reviewed by HFMA designation.

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Life Science Pain management Interoperability RCM

Bonus Features – October 6, 2024 – Only 25% of health systems trust ROI claims from digital health vendors, behavioral health makes up 72% of telehealth volume, plus 20 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2024

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Studies Market intelligence vendor Panda Health released The Digital Health ROI Report. Virginia-based Mary Washington Healthcare chose Ensemble for RCM.

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Bonus Features – May 26, 2024 – Only 43% of hospitals routinely exchange data, about 70% of organizations want to change archiving vendors, plus 24 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 26, 2024

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Only 43% of hospitals routinely engage in interoperable data exchange , according to the latest ONC data brief. Pearson integrated AI study tools into its nursing curriculum.

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Weekly Roundup – April 13, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 13, 2024

Liz Salmi and Dr. Chethan Sarabu talked to Colin Hung about applying OpenNotes’ expertise in research, advocacy, and innovation to studying many aspects of AI , including algorithmic bias, generative AI, and ambient clinical voice. Read more… The Benefits of an Open, Interoperable Communication Platform. Million in funding.

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Bonus Features – July 10, 2022 – Sequoia Project releases TECFA identity verification documentation, IBM Watson Health is now Merative, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. The Sequoia Project has released additional documentation support the implementation of TEFCA , the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement for health IT interoperability.

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HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

As the pie chart from the study result illustrates, well over one-half of health care providers are interested in integrating SDOH data into the EHR. Revenue cycle management (RCM) is a big HIMSS theme from providers’ points of view. The patient as payor. That was tweeted ten years ago. Life is long; HIMSS20 is but 366 days from today.

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Bonus Features – April 28, 2024 – 22% of employers fully trust chronic condition management vendors, Common Agreement v2.0 requires support for FHIR API exchange, plus 29 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2024

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. RCM outsourcing vendor Ensemble Health Partners expanded its partnership with Microsoft. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features.

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Bonus Features – November 19, 2023 – Critical access hospitals 16% less likely to participate in data exchange, two-thirds of orgs plan to increase AI spending by 25% in the next three years, plus 36 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Hospitals serving marginalized communities are less likely to participate in interoperable patient data exchange , according to the latest ONC research.

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eCare Healthcare IT Interoperability Health Information

Bonus Features – May 5, 2024 – Kaiser Permanente taps Innovaccer (and former CTO) for AI, report finds security flaws in Merge DICOM Toolkit, plus 18 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2024

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. At its client conference, TruBridge announced a new analytics suite, an interoperability platform, and integration with Nuance Dragon. He’s currently CTO at Innovaccer.)

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RCM Healthcare IT Primary Care Interoperability

Bonus Features – May 7, 2023 – Less than 1% of all medical claims include an ICD-10 Z code, 78% of consumers say virtual health is important when considering health plans, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 7, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Studies Less than 1% of all medical claims include an ICD-10 Z code that documents a social determinant health, according to a data brief from LexisNexis Risk Solutions.

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Bonus Features – March 19, 2023 – Info for 81% of physicians is inconsistent in major health plan provider directories, 48% of health systems using AI for workforce management, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 19, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Not surprising RCM is also a popular use case for AI, with 78% of health systems currently using it or evaluating its use.

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RCM Healthcare IT Digital Health Primary Care

Bonus Features – April 23, 2023 – 77% of doctors are confident in a chatbot’s ability to assess patients’ symptoms, only 7% of executives very satisfied with patient-facing payment products, plus additional news from HIMSS 2023

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Hospital interoperability platform Olinqua is partnering with FiveP , maker of a a role-based messaging app for Microsoft Teams called Baret.

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Bonus Features – January 29, 2023 – ONC says more than 70% of hospitals can use external data at the point of care, the 3 largest health info networks have indexed 90% of patients, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. News and Studies HLTH Foundation formed the Techquity for Health Coalition , with a mission to help organizations consider health equity in health technology innovation and data practices.

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eHealth HIE Health Information RCM

Bonus Features – March 26, 2023 – Epic sees “tremendous potential” for GPT, more than 90% of patients want self-scheduling, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 26, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Products Interoperability platform Particle Health launched Particle FOCUS , a data product suite that provides comprehensive patient health information across seven chronic disease states.

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RCM EHR Interoperability Healthcare IT

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

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. KMS Healthcare launched CONNECT , an interoperability platform for developers of digital health technology. EHR and RCM vendor ModMed appointed Denise Ceule as Chief Legal Officer.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

2022 Predictions for Healthcare Interoperability – A third predictions post doing so well. Does this mean people cared about RPM and Healthcare Interoperability the most in 2022? The State of Interoperability – COVID and Beyond. AI and Automation in RCM is All About Balance. Where Are We At With FHIR?

Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Interoperability FHIR EHR

Bonus Features – July 23, 2023 – Number of people impacted by data breaches up 56% compared to last year, CMS keeps temporary telehealth expansion in 2024 Medicare fee schedule, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 23, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. ONC has released the United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 4 Standard , better known as USCDI v4.

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Medicare Telehealth Telemedicine RCM

Bonus Features – May 14, 2023 – Only 16% of organizations are using data to define clinical best practices, 84% of orgs hit with ransomware attacks lose revenue, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Studies A survey from data analytics vendor MDclone reported that only 16% of healthcare organizations successfully use data to define clinical best practices.

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RCM HIE Healthcare IT Primary Care

The Payment Integrity Game-Changer: Generative AI

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In fact, studies by the U.S. Healthcare technology companies are urged to design interoperable data platforms that offer holistic data access and transparency to better meet the needs of health workers, care teams, and patients across the continuum of care.

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Healthcare Workforce – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

This frees up staff to focus on more complex and strategic aspects of RCM. Bill Charnetski, EVP, Health System Solutions and Government Affairs at PointClickCare HIT incentives and staying consistent with federal interoperability standards will be key in solving the nation-wide staffing crisis. million nurses in the U.S.)

Health IT

Health IT Nursing Interoperability RCM

Bonus Features – January 15, 2023 – 80% of consumers want a clearer process for dealing with billing errors, USCDI update would add 20 more elements, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 15, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. News and Studies. ONC released the Draft United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) v4 and its accompanying Standards Bulletin. Partnerships. DrFirst promoted G.

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RCM Healthcare IT Primary Care Interoperability

Bonus Features – January 8, 2023 – Omnibus bill extends telehealth expansion through end of 2024, 60% of solution providers pouring all event marketing money into in-person events, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. AdvancedMD announced 21st Century Cures Act Certification , which emphasizes new industry standards for interoperability, usability, and security. Partnerships.

Telehealth

Telehealth Primary Care Healthcare IT Medicare

Bonus Features – May 21, 2023 – 82% of wearable users willing to share data with their physicians, 81% of Americans trust pharmacists and nurses to diagnose minor illnesses, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 21, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. People Interoperability vendor Rhapsody named Jeff Chiumiento as Chief Financial Officer. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. as Chief Medical Officer.

eHealth

eHealth Nursing Primary Care RCM

Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management – 2025 Health IT Predictions

Bonus Features – March 9, 2025 – 85% of senior leaders say AI will improve RCM efficiency, 44% of patients worry AI will reduce personal interactions with their providers, plus 26 more stories

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Trending Sources

Bonus Features – April 9, 2023 – 63% of RCM departments face staffing shortages, small Stanford study shows 90% of GPT answers in clinical setting are “generally safe,” and more

Webinars

Bonus Features – January 19, 2025 – 183 million patient records exposed in cyberattacks in 2024, 74% of orgs rely on manual processes for workforce management, plus 36 more stories

Bonus Features, ViVE Edition – February 18, 2025 – CancerX launches latest Accelerator, Innovaccer unveils new AI agents, plus 16 more stories

Bonus Features – March 23, 2025 – NVIDIA expands partnerships with GE HealthCare and Lenovo, plus 25 more stories

Bonus Features – January 28, 2024 – 49% of orgs likely to invest in RCM tech in the next 18 months, v2 drafts of TEFCA Common Agreement and QHIN Technical Framework out, plus 27 more stories

Bonus Features – June 30, 2024 – 56% of organizations say shortage of IT talent is a key challenge, 87% of physicians say at-home testing improves access to diagnostic services, plus 22 more stories

Bonus Features – June 2, 2024 – 55% of practices give staff more data access than they need to do their jobs, interest in DNA stool tests for colon cancer screening up 933% since 2018, plus 20 more stories

Bonus Features – October 6, 2024 – Only 25% of health systems trust ROI claims from digital health vendors, behavioral health makes up 72% of telehealth volume, plus 20 more stories

Bonus Features – May 26, 2024 – Only 43% of hospitals routinely exchange data, about 70% of organizations want to change archiving vendors, plus 24 more stories

Weekly Roundup – April 13, 2024

Bonus Features – July 10, 2022 – Sequoia Project releases TECFA identity verification documentation, IBM Watson Health is now Merative, and more

HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

Bonus Features – April 28, 2024 – 22% of employers fully trust chronic condition management vendors, Common Agreement v2.0 requires support for FHIR API exchange, plus 29 more stories

Bonus Features – November 19, 2023 – Critical access hospitals 16% less likely to participate in data exchange, two-thirds of orgs plan to increase AI spending by 25% in the next three years, plus 36 more stories

Bonus Features – May 5, 2024 – Kaiser Permanente taps Innovaccer (and former CTO) for AI, report finds security flaws in Merge DICOM Toolkit, plus 18 more stories

Bonus Features – May 7, 2023 – Less than 1% of all medical claims include an ICD-10 Z code, 78% of consumers say virtual health is important when considering health plans, and more

Bonus Features – March 19, 2023 – Info for 81% of physicians is inconsistent in major health plan provider directories, 48% of health systems using AI for workforce management, and more

Bonus Features – April 23, 2023 – 77% of doctors are confident in a chatbot’s ability to assess patients’ symptoms, only 7% of executives very satisfied with patient-facing payment products, plus additional news from HIMSS 2023

Bonus Features – January 29, 2023 – ONC says more than 70% of hospitals can use external data at the point of care, the 3 largest health info networks have indexed 90% of patients, and more

Bonus Features – March 26, 2023 – Epic sees “tremendous potential” for GPT, more than 90% of patients want self-scheduling, and more

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

Top Healthcare IT Today Resources, Articles, Videos, and Podcasts

Bonus Features – July 23, 2023 – Number of people impacted by data breaches up 56% compared to last year, CMS keeps temporary telehealth expansion in 2024 Medicare fee schedule, and more

Bonus Features – May 14, 2023 – Only 16% of organizations are using data to define clinical best practices, 84% of orgs hit with ransomware attacks lose revenue, and more

The Payment Integrity Game-Changer: Generative AI

Healthcare Workforce – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Bonus Features – January 15, 2023 – 80% of consumers want a clearer process for dealing with billing errors, USCDI update would add 20 more elements, and more

Bonus Features – January 8, 2023 – Omnibus bill extends telehealth expansion through end of 2024, 60% of solution providers pouring all event marketing money into in-person events, and more

Bonus Features – May 21, 2023 – 82% of wearable users willing to share data with their physicians, 81% of Americans trust pharmacists and nurses to diagnose minor illnesses, and more

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