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Infinx Reduces Errors, Turnaround Time, and Staff Burdens for RCM

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 27, 2024

Many factors make revenue cycle management (RCM) a big headache for U.S. health care providers. Infinx (pronounced “in-fin-ex”) works currently with more than 4,000 providers, applying machine learning to automate RCM. We all know that the future of RCM is going to be around AI and automation.

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R1 RCM to Acquire Acclara

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Acquisition of Providence’s Current Modular Services Business Accompanied by 10-Year Agreement to Provide Comprehensive Revenue Cycle Management Services R1 RCM Inc. (R1) integrated delivery networks (IDNs), recognized for leadership in developing innovative delivery models and a commitment to technology. health systems.

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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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What Trend in RCM Are You Keeping Your Eye on Right Now and Why?

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 25, 2023

In search of that answer, we reached out to our wickedly smart Healthcare IT Today Community to see what trends in RCM they are keeping their eyes on and why. Check it out and see if any of their answers can help you and your healthcare organization. We’ve compiled all of their answers together in the video down below.

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Rising and Falling in Health IT – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 67

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 26, 2021

For the 67th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about what’s Rising and Falling in Health IT. I’m not sure there’s ever been a time in health IT where more things have been happening.

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Health IT: Buy or Sell – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 59

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 5, 2021

For the 59th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re doing another edition of Buy or Sell. In this episode we talk about some of the hottest topics in health IT and talk about whether we’re buying that something is going to happen or selling since we don’t think it’s going to happen.

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Hidden Heroes: How Operational Teams Drive Optimal Health IT System Adoption

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

However, proper staffing for EHR, revenue cycle management (RCM), and other major health IT system transitions go far beyond IT personnel. In fact, my experience suggests that operational readiness is a key factor for EHR and RCM success. Each phase of a project, from ideation to activation, demands specific skills and insights.

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Healthcare AI – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes.

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

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

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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Computer Assisted Professional Coding is Helping St. Joseph’s Be More Resilient

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Joseph’s , recently sat down with Healthcare IT Today to discuss the revenue cycle management (RCM) improvements her team has made. Efficient RCM Processes are Critical Dr. Kushner has a passion for RCM. Beth Kushner, Chief Medical Information Officer at St. Tell us what you think.

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Digital Innovation and AI in Revenue Cycle Management

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2023

Digital Innovation and Artificial Intelligence are two huge topics recently in the world of Healthcare IT. We reached out to the Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights on this topic. InstaMed found 73% of healthcare consumers want eStatements but 75% of providers primarily use paper and manual processes for collections.

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WellSky Acquires Corridor, Expands Commitment to Offering Best-in-Class Coding, Revenue Cycle Management Services for Post-Acute Industry

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2023

By adding Corridor to its portfolio, WellSky will expand its medical coding and revenue cycle management (RCM) offerings to help care providers increase efficiency and improve performance across clinical, financial, operational, and compliance areas.

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Access Healthcare Acquires Envera Health

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Enhances Revenue Cycle Services Market Leadership with Patient Engagement Services and Technology Capabilities Today, Access Healthcare , a global leader in revenue cycle management (RCM) and healthcare services, announced the acquisition of Envera Health , a market leader in patient engagement services.

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Weekly Roundup – December 9, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… What Area of Healthcare Needs More Investment ? At HLTH, we asked the Healthcare IT Today community to weigh in on this important topic.

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Weekly Roundup – July 29, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We asked members of the Healthcare IT Community to share their thoughts on the growing role of the Internet of Medical Things in managing healthcare data.

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CIO Podcast – Episode 42: Revenue Cycle Management with Donald McGruder

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For the 42nd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Donald McGruder, Chief Information and Revenue Integrity Officer at South Shore Hospital Chicago , at the HCP Conference. This time we’re diving into revenue cycle management (RCM). We release a new CIO Podcast every ~2 weeks. iHeartRadio.

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Three Ways AI is Preventing Revenue Leakage

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The following is a guest article by Dan Parsons, Co-Founder and CPO at Thoughtful Revenue leakage poses a significant challenge to healthcare providers, and the traditional methods used to mitigate these losses are becoming increasingly difficult to scale.

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TT Capital Partners Announces Investment in Cantata Health Solutions

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

New Capital Positions Cantata to Accelerate Growth as Behavioral Health Providers Look to Replace Aging EHRs TT Capital Partners (TTCP) today announced a majority investment in Cantata Health Solutions , a leading provider of healthcare technology solutions for providers of behavioral health, human services, acute care, and post-acute care.

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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

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Bonus Features – November 27, 2022 – 60% of hospitals use 50+ operations systems, CHIME names Theresa Meadows as CIO of the Year, and more

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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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

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Bonus Features – December 4, 2022 – 34% of Americans take anti-anxiety meds during the holidays, hospital margins at -2% but show signs of hope, and more

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Bonus Features – October 16, 2022 – Half of docs considering leaving their job, there’s little risk in sharing de-identified data, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Revenue Cycle Management Company RSi Announces Acquisition of Invicta Health Solutions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2023

Along the way, the company has developed clientele that expands beyond healthcare systems and hospitals to include other larger revenue cycle service providers. RSi Chief Executive Officer Brent Rollins remarked on the news, “RSi’s leadership team and Invicta’s leadership team have been acquainted for many years.

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Claims Software Can Ease Manual Processes Related to Treating Medical Tourists from Outside the U.S.

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 15, 2024

Hospitals Explore RCM Technologies Across the board, claim rejections are growing by number and amount, which is putting a squeeze on accounts receivable and provider cash flow.

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CloudMD Divests Non-Core U.S. Electronic Medical Records and Practice Management Business

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 25, 2023

(CloudMD) , an innovative health services company transforming the delivery of care, today announced that it has closed the sale of its U.S.-based based Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Practice Management (PM), and Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) assets for approximately US$6.3

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Cash is Queen Says RCM Experts

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 30, 2022

The upside of adopting technology for RCM can be significant: A drop in DSO (days sales outstanding). One technology in particular is proving to be very effective for RCM improvement – data analytics. Why communication from leaders remains key to RCM improvement. How executives can make work-from-home for RCM staff work.

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Technology & RCM & AI, Oh My!

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 27, 2023

So with all of these incredible innovations, let’s take a moment to narrow our field down to Revenue Cycle Management (RCM). How can we be using technology to optimize RCM? And even more specifically, what role can data analytics and AI play in optimizing RCM? We would love to hear from all of you as well!

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Where UiPath Can Automate For Workflow and Quality in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

See the video for Warrelmann’s insights into healthcare automation today. Learn more about UiPath: [link] Listen and subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast to hear all the latest insights from experts in healthcare IT. Tell us what you think. Contact us here or on Twitter at @hcitoday.

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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

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare Workforce – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. This frees up staff to focus on more complex and strategic aspects of RCM.

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Voice-to-Billing Ambient Clinical Voice at Medvise.AI

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 22, 2024

And for an exclusive look at our top stories, subscribe to our newsletter and YouTube. Tell us what you think. Contact us here or on Twitter at @hcitoday.

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Healthcare Regulations, RCM, and Ambient Clinical Voice – A Roundup of Insights from the Medical Practice Excellence Pathways Conference (#MPE21)

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 11, 2021

This week Colin and I will be participating in the Medical Practice Excellence Pathways Conference that is being hosted virtually by MGMA. While we all look forward to MGMA’s Leaders conference in person in San Diego later this year, the knowledge sharing at the virtual event today was good. In fact, I was impressed by […].

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CIO Podcast – Episode 49: Frictionless Billing with Joanne Mizell

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

For the 49th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Joanne Mizell, Chief Operating Officer at Banner|Aetna to talk about Frictionless Billing, an initiative to improve the patient billing process. Along with the popular podcasting platforms above, you can Subscribe to Healthcare IT Today on YouTube.

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Payments, Price Transparency, GIS + EMS Response Times & Vendor Management at ViVE2023

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2023

Payment is Important – KeyBank Over the past few years, we have seen more and more banks at healthcare conferences. It’s not surprising when you consider how important receiving and managing payments is to healthcare providers and health IT companies. I’ve heard a lot of rumblings about this over the past 12 months.

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

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

Most Visited Healthcare IT Resource Pages. Healthcare IT and EHR Conferences and Events. Healthcare GIS. Most Visited Healthcare IT Today Articles Published in 2022. Final 2022 Health IT Predictions – Looks like people loved the potpurri of predictions too. 4 Reasons Why 5G and Healthcare Make Sense.

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Maximizing Revenue and Compliance: The Vital Role of Revenue Integrity in Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 6, 2023

The involvement of executive leadership and the establishment of a culture of transparency and accountability are key factors in the success of revenue integrity initiatives. Steps to Implementing a Successful Revenue Integrity Program Implementing a successful revenue integrity program requires a multidisciplinary approach.

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Insights and Perspectives from #HFMAAnnual Conference

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 1, 2022

Rod Nicholls from Knowtion Health really hit home on this point in this video we did together. I think this is a glimpse at the future of health IT. This has led to a real need to use technology to do more with less and to outsource many functions since many organizations just can’t find the people to do the work.

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Patient Experience with Revenue Cycle Management

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 20, 2023

So often in talking about Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) the focus is placed onto the organization. How do we improve RCM? How to can we incorporate digital solutions into RCM? However, that leaves out one huge piece of RCM. So let’s take a moment and focus on the patient’s experience with RCM.

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Demand Grows for Advancements in Healthcare’s Digital Front Door

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 13, 2023

The following is a guest article by Clarissa Riggins , Chief Product Officer at Experian Health Patients have increasingly high expectations for easy and efficient tech-enabled solutions when it comes to accessing healthcare services.

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Downstream Impacts of EHR Optimization

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 27, 2022

Yesterday we shared 6 EHR optimization tips with you. Today, we’re going to look at the ecosystem of technology that interacts with the EHR and makes the EHR experience better (or worse if done wrong). It’s easy to talk about optimizing the EHR as just configuring the EHR setting and workflows, but EHR software these […].

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What are the Cost Implications of Implementing Cloud Technology in Healthcare?

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In search of some answers to these questions, we reached out to our incredibly talented Healthcare IT Today Community. Jeffrey Sullivan, Chief Technology Officer at Consensus Cloud Solutions With cloud technology in healthcare, you have to think about the total cost of ownership. Both in where we are today and in the long run?

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Healthcare AI and Automation: Good or Bad?

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

We reached out to the beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community to hear the different lines of thinking on automation. 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).

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Revenue Cycle Management and Telehealth—What Are the Challenges?

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The following us a guest article by Khalid Al-Maskari, CEO and Founder, Health Information Management Systems. Now that COVID-19 has triggered an explosion of telehealth, more clinics are recognizing virtual patient care as an essential aspect of the integrated care model.

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Infinx Reduces Errors, Turnaround Time, and Staff Burdens for RCM

R1 RCM to Acquire Acclara

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Rising and Falling in Health IT – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 67

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Hidden Heroes: How Operational Teams Drive Optimal Health IT System Adoption

Healthcare AI – 2024 Health IT Predictions

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

Computer Assisted Professional Coding is Helping St. Joseph’s Be More Resilient

Digital Innovation and AI in Revenue Cycle Management

WellSky Acquires Corridor, Expands Commitment to Offering Best-in-Class Coding, Revenue Cycle Management Services for Post-Acute Industry

Access Healthcare Acquires Envera Health

Weekly Roundup – December 9, 2023

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CIO Podcast – Episode 42: Revenue Cycle Management with Donald McGruder

Three Ways AI is Preventing Revenue Leakage

TT Capital Partners Announces Investment in Cantata Health Solutions

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 – November 27, 2022 – 60% of hospitals use 50+ operations systems, CHIME names Theresa Meadows as CIO of the Year, and more

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

Bonus Features – December 4, 2022 – 34% of Americans take anti-anxiety meds during the holidays, hospital margins at -2% but show signs of hope, and more

Bonus Features – October 16, 2022 – Half of docs considering leaving their job, there’s little risk in sharing de-identified data, and more

Revenue Cycle Management Company RSi Announces Acquisition of Invicta Health Solutions

Claims Software Can Ease Manual Processes Related to Treating Medical Tourists from Outside the U.S.

CloudMD Divests Non-Core U.S. Electronic Medical Records and Practice Management Business

Cash is Queen Says RCM Experts

Technology & RCM & AI, Oh My!

Where UiPath Can Automate For Workflow and Quality in Healthcare

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 Workforce – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Voice-to-Billing Ambient Clinical Voice at Medvise.AI

Healthcare Regulations, RCM, and Ambient Clinical Voice – A Roundup of Insights from the Medical Practice Excellence Pathways Conference (#MPE21)

CIO Podcast – Episode 49: Frictionless Billing with Joanne Mizell

Payments, Price Transparency, GIS + EMS Response Times & Vendor Management at ViVE2023

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

Maximizing Revenue and Compliance: The Vital Role of Revenue Integrity in Healthcare Organizations

Insights and Perspectives from #HFMAAnnual Conference

Patient Experience with Revenue Cycle Management

Demand Grows for Advancements in Healthcare’s Digital Front Door

Downstream Impacts of EHR Optimization

What are the Cost Implications of Implementing Cloud Technology in Healthcare?

Healthcare AI and Automation: Good or Bad?

Revenue Cycle Management and Telehealth—What Are the Challenges?

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