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1upHealth has become the first interoperability solution provider to deploy all four APIs required by the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule (CMS-0057-F) to its entire customer base.The deployment comes a full eight months ahead of the federally mandated deadline of January 1, 2027.Integrated APIs now live include Patient Access, Payer-to-Payer Data Exchange, Provider Access, and Electronic Prior Authorization.The 1up Console now provides real-time
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Archives for 2026
The $262B “Acceptance”: Why It’s Time to Stop Treating Denials as an Unavoidable Cost
I want to be direct about something: the denial problem in U.S. healthcare is not complicated to understand. It is complicated to fix, but the basic dynamic is straightforward. Hospitals deliver medically appropriate care, submit claims, and then watch a meaningful portion of those claims get denied. Most of those denials are never challenged. Revenue disappears. And somewhere along the way, we collectively decided this was just how things work.
It isn’t. And we need to stop treating it like
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Basata Secures $21M to Rebuild Healthcare’s Operational Layer: Automating Referrals and Scheduling End-to-End
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Basata, an AI company focused on healthcare operations, has announced a $21M Series A funding round led by Basis Set Ventures.The platform uses specialty-specific AI agents to automate administrative tasks such as faxes, referrals, patient intake, and scheduling.Practices using Basata report processing 100% of incoming referrals the same day and unlocking 50% more administrative labor capacity.To date, the company has served more than 500,000 patients, with 100,000 served
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Transforming Medical Coding Operations Through Hybrid Intelligence Design
Healthcare revenue cycle management is bending under the strain of evolving payer policies, complex documentation, and higher demands for accuracy and cost control. Exacerbating these challenges are rising coding assignment volumes, which are forcing HIM departments to address continued workforce shortages.
These problems are interconnected and systemic. They cannot be solved by simply adding staff or deploying standalone automation tools. Instead, a more structured approach is emerging:
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How Lucent and Tempus Are Using AI to Spot Alzheimer’s Earlier
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Lucent Diagnostics (a brand of Quanterix) and Tempus AI have announced a strategic collaboration to integrate Alzheimer’s blood-based biomarker testing into routine clinical workflows.The LucentAD® Complete multi-biomarker blood test will be available for neurologists to order directly through the Tempus clinical ordering platform.The partnership leverages Tempus Next, an AI-enabled care pathway intelligence platform, to identify "care gaps" and identify patients who may
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Withings Report Reveals Why Menopause is a Critical Cardiovascular Window
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New Withings report, The Menopause Transition 2026 analyzes real-world data from 2.5 million women across 11 countries to identify physiological shifts during the transition.Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) prevalence increases fourfold globally and 3.8x in the US between early reproductive years and late postmenopause.Heart Rate Variability (HRV), a marker of autonomic resilience, declines by 33% worldwide but only 17% in the US across the menopause stages.Arterial stiffness
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Healthcare Cybersecurity Has Become an Operational Risk, Not Just a Security Function
Healthcare cybersecurity is no longer just a technical discipline handled by IT teams. That view has changed. Cybersecurity in healthcare has grown. It now sits at the intersection of operations, compliance, and patient safety. When systems fail, care is disrupted. These disruptions go beyond data loss, reaching clinical outcomes, financial stability, and regulatory exposure.
This is not a future concern. It is already happening.
Cyber Risk Is Now Operational Risk
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MedTech Breakthrough Announces 2026 Award Winners: Celebrating a Decade of Health Technology Innovation
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MedTech Breakthrough has announced the winners of its 10th annual awards program, recognizing excellence in digital health and medical technology across more than 20 countries.The 2026 awards highlight a decade of evolution where artificial intelligence (AI), virtual care, and precision medicine have become central pillars of global healthcare delivery.This year's program received a record-breaking number of nominations from startups, health systems, and leading global
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Mid-Cycle Revenue Integrity: Leveraging Clinician-Governed AI to Reduce Denials and Understated Acuity
Health systems can deliver appropriate, high-quality care and still see financial and quality outcomes that do not reflect that care. Downgrades, understated acuity, and misaligned quality metrics often arise not because clinical decisions were wrong, but because the full complexity of those decisions and the resulting care were never clearly translated beyond the bedside. In today’s reimbursement environment, outcomes are shaped as much by how care is represented in documentation and coding as
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Wisdom Ventures Closes $77.7M Fund II to Invest in AI-Native Wellbeing Startups
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Wisdom Ventures has closed its $77.7M Fund II, a significant increase from its $10 million Fund I.The fund is backed by prominent technology leaders, including Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Evan Sharp (Pinterest), and Stewart Butterfield (Slack).Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has joined as a Senior Venture Partner to advise on health and wellness investments.Fund I established a strong track record, reaching the top quartile of early-stage funds and including
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