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RCM: Fixing the Old and Adjusting to the New

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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RCM Primary Care Leadership Healthcare IT

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

Partnerships Data vendor Veradigm is partnering with MedEvolve to make the company’s Effective Intelligence workforce automation and analytics solutions available to Veradigm clients. Integrated provider, pharmacy, and medical equipment supplier American Medical Administrators is implementing eClinicalWorks EHR and RCM.

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RCM Healthcare IT Primary Care Interoperability

Bonus Features – November 5, 2023 – Only 24% of healthcare organizations have successfully disrupted ransomware attacks, 83% of healthcare leaders say AI is or will be an essential skill, plus 20 more

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Studies and Reports So far in 2023, only 24% of healthcare organizations were able to disrupt a ransomware attack before attackers encrypted their data , according to a Sophos survey. Partnerships EHR workflow automation tool Clinical Data Connector from Odesso Health is now available on the athenahealth and Appian marketplaces.

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RCM Medicare EHR FHIR

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

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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RCM HIE Healthcare IT Primary Care

Bonus Features – January 7, 2024 – New executives at CitiusTech, MultiPlan, and NextGen, plus 15 other stories

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 7, 2024

Data platform Arcadia has joined the Atropos Evidence Network of evidence-generating applications. Bloomlife and PeriGen are partnering to improve access to monitoring and data analysis for of high-risk pregnancies. Primary care platform Equality Health is now available for Medicaid beneficiaries in Virginia.

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RCM Healthcare IT Primary Care EHR

Weekly Roundup – November 4, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Answers include infrastructure management, resource utilization, data management, data protection, and security and compliance monitoring. Read more… Overcoming Obstacles to Healthcare Training Data Accuracy. AI models need to be trained on high-quality data. John Lynn talked to Mark Christensen at Xelex.ai

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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

News and Research More than four in five (82%) of wearable device owners are willing to share health data with their physicians, according to a poll conducted by the Connected Health Initiative. Tellingly, 70% of organizations cite data visibility as a major supply chain issue, as it limits to understand and address risks with suppliers.

eHealth

eHealth Nursing Primary Care RCM

Bonus Features – October 9, 2022 – Optum completes Change Healthcare acquisition, interest in flu shots is declining, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2022

The grant, awarded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, comes weeks after the research team published a study in njp Digital Medicine indicating that increased telehealth access during COVID-19 did not result in increased, unnecessary access to primary care. Partnerships.

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HIE RCM Primary Care EHR

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

Hospitals serving marginalized communities are less likely to participate in interoperable patient data exchange , according to the latest ONC research. adoption of Theranostics, a technique for providing more personalized cancer care. Azalea Health completed SOC 2 Type 2 Certification for its cloud-based EHR and RCM platform.

eCare

eCare Healthcare IT Interoperability RCM

Weekly Roundup – June 10, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 10, 2023

Lab tests are critical to the care process, but labs struggle to share data with other care providers , Andy Oram noted in the first piece in a three-part series on lab tests. Read more… Gaining More Control With a Cloud-Based EHR. Read more… Determining the Next Best Step for Member Care.

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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

Products ChristianaCare launched Virtual Primary Care , a subscription-based service available to residents of Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey. Hint Health debuted Hint All-in-One , an EHR, practice management, and patient communications app for direct primary care.

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Nursing Medical Billing Primary Care EHR

Bonus Features – April 16, 2023 – Accenture says generative AI could augment 40% of healthcare work, 31% of healthcare workers don’t know what to do if a data breach happens, and more

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 16, 2023

A Salesforce survey of healthcare workers found that 76% agree that keeping data safe is their priority. Partnerships Chronic care at home company Pria is using InterSystems Health Connect Cloud for data integration. eConsult and referral management vendor AristaMD launched a unified care transition platform for primary care.

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EHR RCM Healthcare IT Primary Care

Weekly Roundup – November 12, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Read more… Facebook’s Meta Pixel Faces Legal Firestorm for Data Breach Role. Anne Zieger noted that multiple health systems have suffered data breaches when Pixel sent PHI back to Meta when patients were using MyChart. Direct primary care platform Hint Health acquired AeroDPC , an EHR and practice management vendor.

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HIE EHR Interoperability RCM

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

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

WELL Health is acquiring CloudMD’s Cloud Practice entity which includes OSCAR based Juno EMR or “Electronic Medical Record” and ClinicAid billing Software applications as well as three primary care clinics located in the province of British Columbia. About WELL Health Technologies Corp.

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EMR Primary Care Medical Billing RCM

Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – October 11, 2023 – Announcements from Best Buy, General Catalyst, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Walgreens, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2023

is integrating Google Cloud generative AI and data analytics tools into its Smart Care Facility Platform, while League announced it’s using Google Cloud to improve digital care pathway optimization. TrustCommerce integrated its patient payments platform with athenaIDX , athenahealth’s RCM product.

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Life Science EHR BioTech 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

ONC released the Draft United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) v4 and its accompanying Standards Bulletin. USCDI is a standardized set of health data classes and data elements that enables data exchange across care settings. News and Studies. DrFirst promoted G.

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RCM Healthcare IT Primary Care Interoperability

Canvas Medical Achieves ONC Certification, Raises $24MM to Power Clinicians and Developers Building and Scaling Digital Health Companies

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2022

The ONC certification represents a major product milestone for the company: Canvas is one of the first EMRs in the United States to support a standardized patient data API as envisioned by the 21st Century Cures Act. For more information about Canvas Medical, visit canvasmedical.com. .

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EMR Digital Health Primary Care RCM

Bonus Features – July 2, 2023 – Nuance and Epic integrate, 5 in 6 physicians say telemedicine improves continuity of care, news from HFMA, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 2, 2023

The FCC is updating its Mapping Broadband Health in America platform to incorporate maternal health data , with the aim of identifying whether Internet connectivity is tied to disparities in maternal health outcomes and determining where interventions could have the greatest impact. Boston-based Hebrew SeniorLife implemented MEDITECH Expanse.

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Weekender 4/26/19

HIStalk Weekender

APRIL 26, 2019

Bain Capital hires financial advisors to help it assess the potential sale of RCM vendor Waystar. HHS announces CMS Primary Cares, two value-based care payment models launching in 2020 that it says will cover at least 25% of Medicare beneficiaries and providers. Athenahealth lays off 200 employees. Dave Butler ).

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RCM Primary Care EHR Nursing

Bonus Features – February 11, 2024 – HTI-1 final rule goes into effect March 11, Best in KLAS highlights 136 products in 8 categories, plus 28 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The Global Software report recognized regional leaders in acute care EHR and PACS. Partnerships Data platform Arcadia is partnering with HealthHelper to provide intelligent appointment scheduling. Keystone Technologies and Sublimation Health are partnering to help transition EHRs to AWS. For the U.S.

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RCM Life Science EHR Psychiatry

Bonus Features – October 8, 2023 – 67% of Women are Having Issues with Getting a Clear Diagnosis – of which 25% are Still Waiting for Diagnosis or Gave up Entirely, Health Gorilla has 17 Healthcare Organizations Commit to Joining their QHIN, and More!

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2023

A recent study by Surescripts on prescribing trends found that non-physicians working outside of primary care prescribed nearly 20% more diabetes, high cholesterol, and hypertension medicines than they did in 2019. Meanwhile, primary care physicians prescribed these same medications 3.5%

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eCare Primary Care RCM Patient Experience

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

Studies A survey from data analytics vendor MDclone reported that only 16% of healthcare organizations successfully use data to define clinical best practices. Of the organizations hit, 84% reported a loss of revenue, and 73% reported that attackers succeeded in encrypting their data.

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RCM Healthcare IT HIE Primary Care

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

The first quarterly Healthcare IT Market Report from Pivot Point Consulting hinted at a continued need for providers to develop long-term strategies around virtual care, customer relationship management, and RCM optimization. Urgent care software provider Experity appointed Brian Berning as its Chief Financial Officer.

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Telehealth Primary Care Healthcare IT Leadership

Bonus Features – February 18, 2024 – 89% of patients want a single platform for managing their health, 70% of organizations interested in AI plan to adopt solutions from their EHR vendors, plus 27 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

eHealth Exchange is launching an incentive program that will waive annual fees for three years to the first five HIEs or state/local public health agencies that agree to exchange public health data. Tellingly, 70% of orgs with plans to deploy AI intend to adopt solutions via their EHR vendors.

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EHR eHealth RCM HIE

Weekly Roundup – September 17, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Andy Oram talked to Imprivata CEO Gus Malezis about the role of patient data harmonization and AI-powered analytics in helping Amazon capitalize on its One Medical buy – and why it will take at least five years for Amazon to put it all together. Read more… Giving Patients Control of Reproductive Health Data.

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RCM Healthcare IT Health Data Medical Billing

Weekly Roundup – September 17, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Andy Oram talked to Imprivata CEO Gus Malezis about the role of patient data harmonization and AI-powered analytics in helping Amazon capitalize on its One Medical buy – and why it will take at least five years for Amazon to put it all together. Read more… Giving Patients Control of Reproductive Health Data.

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RCM Healthcare IT Health Data Medical Billing

Connected Health Pulse

RCM: Fixing the Old and Adjusting to the New

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

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Bonus Features – November 5, 2023 – Only 24% of healthcare organizations have successfully disrupted ransomware attacks, 83% of healthcare leaders say AI is or will be an essential skill, plus 20 more

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

Bonus Features – January 7, 2024 – New executives at CitiusTech, MultiPlan, and NextGen, plus 15 other stories

Weekly Roundup – November 4, 2023

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

Bonus Features – October 9, 2022 – Optum completes Change Healthcare acquisition, interest in flu shots is declining, and more

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

Weekly Roundup – June 10, 2023

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

Bonus Features – April 16, 2023 – Accenture says generative AI could augment 40% of healthcare work, 31% of healthcare workers don’t know what to do if a data breach happens, and more

Weekly Roundup – November 12, 2022

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

Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – October 11, 2023 – Announcements from Best Buy, General Catalyst, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Walgreens, and more

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

Canvas Medical Achieves ONC Certification, Raises $24MM to Power Clinicians and Developers Building and Scaling Digital Health Companies

Bonus Features – July 2, 2023 – Nuance and Epic integrate, 5 in 6 physicians say telemedicine improves continuity of care, news from HFMA, and more

Weekender 4/26/19

Bonus Features – February 11, 2024 – HTI-1 final rule goes into effect March 11, Best in KLAS highlights 136 products in 8 categories, plus 28 more stories

Bonus Features – October 8, 2023 – 67% of Women are Having Issues with Getting a Clear Diagnosis – of which 25% are Still Waiting for Diagnosis or Gave up Entirely, Health Gorilla has 17 Healthcare Organizations Commit to Joining their QHIN, 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

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 – February 18, 2024 – 89% of patients want a single platform for managing their health, 70% of organizations interested in AI plan to adopt solutions from their EHR vendors, plus 27 more stories

Weekly Roundup – September 17, 2022

Weekly Roundup – September 17, 2022

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