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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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Weekly Roundup – October 29, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2022

The idea behind the alerts to help doctors get the information they need quickly to improve patient care. Read more… How Greenway Health’s EHR Addresses Health Equity. Read more… A Look at the Fall Health IT Conference Season. Read more… The Benefits of RCM as a Service.

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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

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. Further compounding the problem: 59% of providers rate patient health literacy as poor despite their education efforts.

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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

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2024

In a letter, the EHR Association warned that ONC’s proposed information blocking disincentives may be less effective than intended. Sales Michigan-based McKenzie Health System implemented eClinicalWorks EHR v12. In addition, Louisiana-based FQHC DePaul Community Health Centers selected eClinicalWorks AI solutions.

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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

Weekly Roundup – November 4, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Read more… Featured Health IT Job: Data Warehouse ETL Developer and Administrator (Epic) , a remote position, posted by Stoltenberg Consulting to Healthcare IT Central. Read more… Funding and M&A Activity: Medicaid primary care service provider Pair Team raised $9 million in Series A funding.

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RCM EMR Mental health Healthcare IT

Weekly Roundup – June 10, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 10, 2023

Read more… Surveying Lab Tests From a Health IT Perspective. 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.

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Weekly Roundup – November 12, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Healthcare isn’t getting away from paper any time soon , between fax machines and backups when the EHR system goes down. Colin Hung spoke to Patrice Wolfe and Thomas Thatapudi at AGS Health about how process automation such as claims retrieval can ease the burden on RCM staff , bringing in more revenue with less manual work.

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HIE EHR Interoperability RCM

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

Executives for Health Innovation will wind down operations over the remainder of the year. Formed in 2001 as the eHealth Initiative, EHI has advocated for federal reimbursement for e-prescribing, EHR use, and telehealth, all while convening competitors to foster industry-wide collaboration. as Chief Medical Officer.

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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

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

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2022

Canvas’s suite of products are highly customizable by developers, seamless for providers, and give care delivery companies full control over their patient experience. .” The company works with customers of all care models and verticals, from direct-to-consumer virtual care to at-risk complex care and everything in between.

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EMR Digital Health Primary Care RCM

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

Proposals include additional clarity on exceptions to information blocking, revisions to the Health IT Certification Program, and policies to help advance and build trust in predictive decision support interventions. 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

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

Navina released a generative AI assistant for primary care practices. Five community health systems implemented Oracle Health CommunityWorks , with four based in Texas and the fifth in Mississippi. Community Health Northwest Florida implemented eClinicalWorks EHR.

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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. ONC and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) are launching a $20 million Behavioral Health Information Technology Initiative to improve IT adoption in psychiatry and behavioral health. For the U.S.

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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

A report from KLAS Research and UPMC’s Center for Connected Medicine found only 16% of health systems have a governance policy in place for the use of AI. Tellingly, 70% of orgs with plans to deploy AI intend to adopt solutions via their EHR vendors. Meridian Analytics rebranded as Discern Health.

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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

De-identified real-world data in EHRs can help predict the severity of diabetic retinopathy , according to a paper from Verana Health published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. One reason for this growth: In 25% of hospitals, less than half of major projects met their key goals.

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Weekly Roundup – September 17, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Read more… Understanding MEDITECH’s Culture and Approach to Health IT. In the latest CIO Podcast, Linda Stevenson from Fisher-Titus Medical Center discussed how the Ohio-based health system is developing a telehealth roadmap after the initial pandemic rush and better integrating telehealth with its Oracle Cerner EHR system.

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Weekly Roundup – September 17, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Read more… Understanding MEDITECH’s Culture and Approach to Health IT. In the latest CIO Podcast, Linda Stevenson from Fisher-Titus Medical Center discussed how the Ohio-based health system is developing a telehealth roadmap after the initial pandemic rush and better integrating telehealth with its Oracle Cerner EHR system.

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RCM Healthcare IT Health Data Medical Billing

Connected Health Pulse

RCM: Fixing the Old and Adjusting to the New

Weekly Roundup – October 29, 2022

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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 – 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

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

Weekly Roundup – September 17, 2022

Weekly Roundup – September 17, 2022

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