Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

At that moment in the Twitterverse, it occurred to me that health IT as a consumer-facing industry was beginning to mainstream in America. Cramer’s pronouncement led to a tweetstorm where hundreds of tweeters in and outside of health/care talked back and with Cramer. Here’s what I wrote. Why is this so important? The patient as payor.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2023

AI capabilities can speed through burdensome RCM tasks to help healthcare providers avoid denials, reduce coding errors and improve price transparency for patients. This problem supports a great case for the use of AI in RCM services, as they use natural language processing to assess a physician’s notes and propose the correct codes to use.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2023

AGS Health strengthens its position as the leading provider of outsourced prior authorization services AGS Health , a leading provider for tech-enabled revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions and strategic growth partner to healthcare providers across the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Alpha II , a leading healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM) technology solutions provider, announced today its successful acquisition of RCxRules , an innovator in healthcare revenue cycle automation. We look forward to combining our strengths to deliver unparalleled value to the healthcare industry.”

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Andy Oram asked several lawyers – as well as a couple generative AI tools – about how states will need to adopt guidance about the use of AI in making judgments in a clinical setting , along with how its use may clash with both clinical workflows and patient privacy. Why AI’s Risks and Remedies Are Different in Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 1, 2023

Read more… RCM: Fixing the Old and Adjusting to the New. We posed two questions to the Healthcare IT Today community about RCM. It starts with looking at the RCM process holistically and finding ways to improve communication, reduce confusion, give patients more payment options, and aim for a personalized approach.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2023

John interviewed Suki CEO Punit Soni, about how ambient clinical voice is changing rapidly, including how Suki works as a voice assistant and not just a clinical documentation tool. Read more… Addressing the Social Determinants of Mental Health. One strategy for building this strength is digitizing and streamlining RCM.

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Lloyd Price

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The report also finds that providers are prioritizing their IT investments in certain key areas, such as: Revenue cycle management (RCM) : RCM is the process of managing the financial aspects of patient care, from billing and coding to collections and denials. Market Insights & Analysis for Founders & Investors.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Read more… What Tools are Necessary for Handling the Cloud in Healthcare ? Tools such as a Cloud Access Security Broker can help organizations add a layer of security between the clod and the end user, noted Rodman Ramezanian at Skyhigh Security. RCM vendor Access Healthcare acquired Envera Health , a patient engagement vendor.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 26, 2023

Generative AI is an amazing tool capable of sorting and analyzing large sums of data. Read more… Healthcare IT Today: Health IT Topic Roulette. Read more… What Trend in RCM Are You Keeping Your Eye on Right Now and Why? Read more… Navigating Correlation and Causation with Life Sciences in the Age of AI.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 20, 2024

2024 Health IT Predictions : Cautionary Views of Healthcare AI. Our ongoing series of 2024 Health IT Predictions turned to some reasons to be wary of AI. Read more… 2024 Health IT Predictions: AI Use Cases in Healthcare. Read more… 2024 Health IT Predictions : AI’s Impact in Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2024

ONC released its Draft 2024-2030 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan and is accepting public comments on the document until May 28. Incite Strategic Partners and SnapCare are partnering to provide tech-enabled workforce management tools for senior living providers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2022

The Sequoia Project has released additional documentation support the implementation of TEFCA , the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement for health IT interoperability. Wisconsin’s Marshfield Clinic Health System selected Force Therapeutics as the care management platform for its orthopedics practice. Partnerships.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2024

Only 22% of companies offering chronic condition management solutions to employees fully trust vendors to act in the employer’s best interest, according to a Quantum Health report. In other news, Quantum Health launched Premier Oncology , a cancer care navigation tool.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 2, 2024

What Health IT Trend Has You Most Excited ? In the second installment, Andy explained the many stages of RCM that can benefit from generative AI: Claims, prior authorization, appeals, resource management, and contract generation. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2022

LexisNexis Risk Solutions launched a real-world data network and named five partner members: Truveta, Ovation, Solis Mammography, PointClickCare, and The Institute for Health Metrics. Analytics software company Advata released Advata Smart AR , an accounts receivable process automation tool.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2024

2024 Health IT Predictions: AI Regulations and Ethics. This week, we published several more posts in our series on 2024 Health IT Predictions. We received a lot of interesting thoughts on the ethics of AI, including validating AI models, a tighter regulatory environment for AI tools, and managing the fast pace of innovation.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 7, 2023

By providing our members with the innovative tools now being developed by Semantic Health and AAPC in unison, we’re augmenting their capabilities and increasing the value they deliver to their employers.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Partnerships Hona has integrated Particle Health’s API for retrieving records outside an EHR system into its tool for creating medical history summaries. Diabetes and obesity care company Vida Health is making select RPM devices from Withings Health Solution available to members.

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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?

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 19, 2023

A survey from the Health Management Academy and Outbound AI reported that almost half (48%) of health systems are using AI technology for workforce management , and 85% expect to see a moderate to significant increase in the use of such tools in the next one to three years.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 2023

Read more… Data Lineage Tools Help Unpack Complex Data Dependencies. Data lineage tools document the source, accuracy, and flow of regulated healthcare data – a key step in ensuring compliance and minimizing the impact of a data breach, noted Ernie Ostic at Manta. Concierge care platform Gradia Health secured $4.2

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Read more… Keeping Large Language Models and AI Tools Honest. John spoke to Peter Bonis at Wolters Kluwer Health about constantly updating and training large language models so they’re well positioned to assist clinical staff. No one can keep up with the explosion of information in medicine.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

WELL has built an innovative practitioner enablement platform that includes comprehensive end to end practice management tools inclusive of virtual care and digital patient engagement capabilities as well as Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and data protection services.

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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. This frees up staff to focus on more complex and strategic aspects of RCM. The federally mandated 2023 electronic visit verification (EVV) rollout equipped providers with a useful tool to maximize time, efficiency and resources.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 12, 2023

ChatGPT gives healthcare the tools to accelerate innovation in asynchronous communication , according to Erica Jain at Healthie. Read more… Featured Health IT Job: Simulation Operations Specialist at Natividad, based in Salinas, Calif., That means providing auditory clues and making tablets accessible to users in wheelchairs.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 4, 2022

In addition, Nuance added two health systems to the Nuance Precision Imaging Network : Baptist Health in Kentucky and Einstein Healthcare in Pennsylvania. Dental software maker Henry Schein One is partnering with VideaHealth to release AI-enabled X-ray analysis tools.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 10, 2023

Read more… Surveying Lab Tests From a Health IT Perspective. Read more… How Thoughtful Design Influenced a Wheezing Detection Tool. Read more… Featured Health IT Job: Program Administrator, Policy & Compliance , based in Albany with the New York eHealth Collaborative, posted to Healthcare IT Central.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

We provide business, consulting, and managed information technology (IT) services, including our industry-leading HFMA Peer Reviewed® suite of revenue cycle management (RCM) offerings, to help streamline day-to-day revenue functions, enhance productivity, and support the financial health of healthcare organizations.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Bioinformatics company EMOTIV is collaborating with X-trodes to develop a tool for simultaneous brain and physiological measurement. XIFIN announced HITRUST certification for XIFIN RPM 15 , the latest version of its RCM platform. Health benefits platform Gravie named Kevin Kickhaefer as president and chief growth officer.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Read more… Featured Health IT Job : Information Technology Manager at Salinas, California-based Natividad, posted to Healthcare IT Central. Funding and M&A Activity: FOLX Health raised $30M in Series B funding to advance its efforts to provide digital health to the LGBTQIA+ community.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 23, 2023

Linus Health published research validating its approach to detecting detecting mild cognitive impairment and dementia using digital health tools. Sales Boys & Girls Clubs of America chose Unite Us to provide access to mental health and wellness resources.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 8, 2023

In this video, Murphy shares some ways that TrueBridge’s AI tools are improving outcomes in revenue cycle. Plus, he shares how these tools can prevent denials up front rather than reconciling them on the back end which costs a lot more money.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2022

GoodRx released Provider Mode , a tool to help providers find low-cost options for the drugs they are about to prescribe. Care coordination company Quantum Health named John Hallock as chief communications officer. In addition, GoodRx announced an integration with Biogen to initiate specialty therapies.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2022

Since launching its self-serve suite of developer tools last fall, Canvas has seen more than 300% growth in customer accounts. Its offerings include an ONC-Certified EMR with intuitive care coordination and management workflows, a FHIR API and Workflow SDK that provide industry leading platform extensibility, and end-to-end RCM functionality.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

A strong business case exists for addressing the financial impacts of social determinants of health (SDoH) and new reimbursement models designed to emphasize health equity. Involving revenue cycle management (RCM) is necessary for any comprehensive SDoH/health equity strategy.

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