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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. Just 23% of consumers completely trust the healthcare industry, according to Salesforce. The key lies in optimization.

RCM

RCM Primary Care Leadership Healthcare IT

Bonus Features – April 2, 2023 – 63% of nurses say AI will cause a generational divide among nursing staff, 67% of consumers prefer electronic medical bills but 78% of providers still use paper, and more

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 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. .”

Nursing

Nursing Medical Billing Primary Care EHR

Weekly Roundup – October 28, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 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. Considerations for Migrating Existing Healthcare Systems and Applications to the Cloud. Read more… Driving Optimal Use of Temporary Nurses.

RCM

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Remote cardiac monitoring programs have potential, but they're still falling short

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 12, 2021

"These numbers are not surprising, as RCM is still relatively new," said Kristin Stitt, chief clinical officer at Vector, in a statement. That said, RCM technology is still maturing. The report also flagged a potential mismatch between the administrative burden of RCM on staff and the awareness of said burden on physicians.

RCM

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Weekly Roundup – March 16, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 16, 2024

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… Unlocking the Power of Interop for More Effective RCM. HIMSS 2024: Bold Statements from Hal Wolf.

RCM

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Weekly Roundup – April 13, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 13, 2024

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. 86% of health systems had at least 10% of nurses quit in 2023, and 25% of providers intend to deploy generative AI for patient engagement.

Interoperability

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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

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2024

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.

FHIR

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Bonus Features – January 7, 2024 – New executives at CitiusTech, MultiPlan, and NextGen, plus 15 other stories

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 7, 2024

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.

RCM

RCM Healthcare IT Primary Care EHR

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

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. as Chief Medical Officer.

eHealth

eHealth Nursing Primary Care RCM

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.

RCM

RCM Leadership Interoperability EHR

Bonus Features – March 24, 2024 – Data infrastructure investments have 124% ROI, 85% of healthcare workers believe AI can improve the patient experience, plus 28 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2024

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.

Patient Experience

Patient Experience RCM Healthcare IT Medicare

Weekly Roundup – January 21, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 21, 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. Who better to talk to the Healthcare IT Today community about interoperability than the National Coordinator himself? million investment.

RCM

RCM eCare EHR Interoperability

Weekly Roundup – September 2, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 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. John Lynn spoke to John Wilson and Scott Pross at SolarWinds about the importance of proactive security in healthcare.

RCM

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Bonus Features – November 26, 2023 – 85% of healthcare orgs boosting IT spending in 2024, 70% of orgs actively considering generative AI, plus 18 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 26, 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.

eHealth

eHealth RCM EHR FHIR

CIO Podcast – Episode 66: Epic Gold Star Level 10 with Sergio Melgar

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 15, 2024

For the 66th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are talking to Sergio Melgar, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at UMass Memorial Health (UMMH) about his organization’s recent achievement of Epic Gold Star Level 10! How do you see doctors, nurses, and patients being impacted by this effort?

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Weekly Roundup – March 11, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 11, 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. Why AI Is an Add-on for Healthcare, Not a Replacement. The latest Healthcare IT Today Podcast was a Buy or Sell Episode.

RCM

RCM Interoperability Primary Care Healthcare IT

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

NOVEMBER 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.

eCare

eCare Healthcare IT Interoperability RCM

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.

RCM

RCM Healthcare IT Digital Health Primary Care

Bonus Features – August 6, 2023 – 83% of hospitals are collecting SDoH data, 46% of hospitals planning to use large language models in the call center, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 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. Wichmann and Pamela O.

EHR

EHR Interoperability RCM HIE

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.

RCM

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Bonus Features – May 28, 2023 – 20+ health systems pledge to use Epic to share info under TEFCA, 84x increase in telehealth for mental health from 2019 to 2022, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 28, 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.

Mental health

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Revenue and Workforce Challenges Top of Mind at #MPE22

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

One large group practice (who wished to remain anonymous) shared with Healthcare IT Today that they went from $0 spent on staffing agencies in 2019 to over $3M so far in 2022. Many practices who have never had to use staffing agencies are suddenly relying on them to fill clinical vacancies.

Nursing

Nursing Telehealth Healthcare IT RCM

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

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.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine RCM HIE Healthcare IT

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

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.

EHR

EHR RCM Healthcare IT Primary Care

Avoiding Red Flags: Finding the Right Productivity Balance

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The following is a guest article by John Wallace, PT, OCS, Senior Vice President of RCM at WebPT. John Wallace, PT, MS, has more than 35 years of experience in private practice orthopedics as well as acute hospital, acute rehab, home health care, skilled nursing, sub-acute care, and sports medicine. About John Wallace.

Medicare

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What Physicians Need to Know about Achieving Optimal Practice Performance in Challenging Times

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In 2021, more than 330,000 healthcare providers left the workforce— 117,000 physicians, 53,295 nurse practitioners, 22,704 physician assistants, 22,032 physical therapists, and 15,578 licensed clinical social workers.

Patient Experience

Patient Experience Nursing RCM Healthcare IT

Bonus Features – December 10, 2023 – 84% of physicians still use manual processes to manage care transitions, 70% of executives prefer managed services for RCM, plus 26 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 10, 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.

RCM

RCM EHR HIE Healthcare IT

Healthcare Workforce – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

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. million nurses in the U.S.) Though these stats reflect the U.S.

Health IT

Health IT Nursing Interoperability RCM

Athelas + Commure: Merging to Create a $6B Healthcare Infrastructure Company

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Press release written by Tanay Tandon , CEO at Athelas We are beyond excited to share that Athelas and Commure – a leading provider of enterprise healthcare software – are merging, and I am taking over the combined entity as CEO, Deepika Bodapati as COO, and Dhruv Parthasarathy as CTO. In many ways, this merger has been 6 years in the making.

RCM

RCM Nursing EHR Healthcare IT

Bonus Features – April 30, 2023 – 68% of providers say improving patient collections is a high priority, hospital expenses have increased 2x the Medicare IPPS reimbursement rate since 2019, and more

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 30, 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.

Medicare

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Weekly Roundup – April 29, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 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. Read more… Giving Healthcare Organizations the Return on Investment They Want. A Tribute to Casey Quinlan – Advocate and Renaissance Woman.

Patient Experience

Patient Experience RCM Healthcare IT Public Health

Bonus Features – January 8, 2023 – Omnibus bill extends telehealth expansion through end of 2024, 60% of solution providers pouring all event marketing money into in-person events, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 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. Partnerships.

Telehealth

Telehealth Healthcare IT Primary Care Leadership

Bonus Features – March 26, 2023 – Epic sees “tremendous potential” for GPT, more than 90% of patients want self-scheduling, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 26, 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.

RCM

RCM EHR Interoperability Healthcare IT

A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

To help healthcare CIOs, CMOs and other leaders find connected health devices and RPM technologies, Healthcare IT News has compiled this comprehensive listing of vendors. A provider present with the patient at one location – a nursing home, community clinic, etc. And the list will continue to be updated over time.

Connected Health

Connected Health Telehealth Pharmaceuticals EHR

Connected Health Pulse

RCM: Fixing the Old and Adjusting to the New

Bonus Features – April 2, 2023 – 63% of nurses say AI will cause a generational divide among nursing staff, 67% of consumers prefer electronic medical bills but 78% of providers still use paper, and more

Trending Sources

Weekly Roundup – October 28, 2023

Remote cardiac monitoring programs have potential, but they're still falling short

Weekly Roundup – March 16, 2024

Weekly Roundup – April 13, 2024

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

Bonus Features – January 7, 2024 – New executives at CitiusTech, MultiPlan, and NextGen, plus 15 other stories

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

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

Bonus Features – March 24, 2024 – Data infrastructure investments have 124% ROI, 85% of healthcare workers believe AI can improve the patient experience, plus 28 more stories

Weekly Roundup – January 21, 2023

Weekly Roundup – September 2, 2023

Bonus Features – November 26, 2023 – 85% of healthcare orgs boosting IT spending in 2024, 70% of orgs actively considering generative AI, plus 18 more stories

CIO Podcast – Episode 66: Epic Gold Star Level 10 with Sergio Melgar

Weekly Roundup – March 11, 2023

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

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 – August 6, 2023 – 83% of hospitals are collecting SDoH data, 46% of hospitals planning to use large language models in the call center, 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 – May 28, 2023 – 20+ health systems pledge to use Epic to share info under TEFCA, 84x increase in telehealth for mental health from 2019 to 2022, and more

Revenue and Workforce Challenges Top of Mind at #MPE22

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 – 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

Avoiding Red Flags: Finding the Right Productivity Balance

What Physicians Need to Know about Achieving Optimal Practice Performance in Challenging Times

Bonus Features – December 10, 2023 – 84% of physicians still use manual processes to manage care transitions, 70% of executives prefer managed services for RCM, plus 26 more stories

Healthcare Workforce – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Athelas + Commure: Merging to Create a $6B Healthcare Infrastructure Company

Bonus Features – April 30, 2023 – 68% of providers say improving patient collections is a high priority, hospital expenses have increased 2x the Medicare IPPS reimbursement rate since 2019, and more

Weekly Roundup – April 29, 2023

Bonus Features – January 8, 2023 – Omnibus bill extends telehealth expansion through end of 2024, 60% of solution providers pouring all event marketing money into in-person events, and more

Bonus Features – March 26, 2023 – Epic sees “tremendous potential” for GPT, more than 90% of patients want self-scheduling, and more

A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

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