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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

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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. Specialty telemedicine vendor Thirty Madison is partnering with Talkspace to expand mental health support for women.

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Weekly Roundup – June 24, 2023

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Read more… One Health System’s Roller Coaster Journey to Improved RCM. That turned out to be a blessing in disguise, interim CEO and CMO Dr. Brian Stratta, told Colin Hung, as it required reviewing and streamlining the RCM process, which cut claims denial from 45% to 17% and made real-time RCM reports possible.

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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

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After receiving more than 38,000 public comments, the Drug Enforcement Administration is extending the telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled medications beyond the end of the public health emergency on May 11. EHR and RCM vendor for therapy and rehab practices Raintree released Raintree Payments.

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Healthcare AI and Automation: Good or Bad?

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The market will see increased asks/attention for bots as they are critically needed in RCM to offset staff shortage, enhance staff retention, and accelerate tasks (ultimately cash flow). The World Health Organization estimates that up to 50% of all medical documentation mistakes result from administrative errors.

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Novel Applications of AI and Its Future

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From financial clearance and prior authorizations to clinical documentation, coding, billing, and denials management, intelligent automation is helping healthcare providers combat payer policies and avoid regulatory penalties that can negatively impact their margins and ability to reinvest money toward the primary mission of care.

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Bonus Features – January 14, 2024 – Epic Research shows telehealth results in more follow-up visits that in-office care, Elevance Health to offer smartphones to qualified Medicaid beneficiaries, plus 21 more stories

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Partnerships DeepScribe deepened its integration with Epic , now pushing documentation into specific fields of a patient’s chart. Florida-based Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare selected Ensemble Health Partners for RCM technology and services.

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Healthcare Workforce – 2024 Health IT Predictions

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This frees up staff to focus on more complex and strategic aspects of RCM. This is where advancing telemedicine can play a big role. According to McKinsey, 45% of healthcare practitioners say they do some remote work, perhaps reflecting the rise in telemedicine.

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