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Moving the Industry Forward with First-Of-Its-Kind RCM Technology Adoption Model for Healthcare Finance Leaders

Healthcare IT Today

HIMSS, for example, built their Healthcare Maturity Models to provide clear adoption and implementation pathways for various technologies and capabilities that health systems need. A more mature healthcare organization can celebrate their success along with identify gaps they might have missed in their implementation of RCM technologies.

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

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Pete Heydt, President at Patient Pay Ninety-five percent of healthcare leaders expect outpatient volumes to increase, with many anticipating increases of 10% or more this year, a recent survey found.

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Weekly Roundup – October 28, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

One example is helping with follow-up tasks such as ordering medication and scheduling a phone call in addition to generating a visit summary. One strategy for building this strength is digitizing and streamlining RCM. RCM vendor Alpha II acquired RCxRules , a revenue cycle automation vendor.

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Healthcare C-suite bullish on AI, telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The report surveyed leaders in the healthcare field about their top innovations before the COVID-19 pandemic and how they'd changed. They said they were looking for ways to increase the efficiency of RCM processes and workflows. " WHY IT MATTERS.

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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

For example, while 79% of patients trust their doctors and nurses, only 54% of front-line workers trust leaders in their organizations. More than one-third (36%) of organizations have at least partly implemented AI solutions , according to a survey from Healthcare IT Leaders, and another 25% have started AI pilots.

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

Healthcare IT Today

Even during COVID-19, when consumers leaned into digital payment options, just 23% pay their bill via a patient portal, a recent survey found. And, what do they not include (for example, physician services)?”. Bank survey found 85% of consumers prefer to make their healthcare payments digitally. What do these charges include?

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The Payment Integrity Game-Changer: Generative AI

Healthcare IT Today

A 2022 Deloitte survey of U.S. These are just a few examples of how generative AI empowers the industry’s most valuable asset – its people – to operate at the top of their licenses while reducing the cost of care. It can speed turnaround times from 15 days (on average) to less than 24 hours; increase completed audits per day from 2.5