What You Should Know:
- Lyric, a recognized leader in solutions for healthcare payment accuracy and integrity, has officially announced its acquisition of ClaimShark. ClaimShark is known for its innovative technology platform designed to enhance integration, transparency, and precision in payment integrity for health plans.
- The strategic move will see ClaimShark's solutions integrated into the Lyric 42 Platform, Lyric's flagship AI-driven offering, significantly advancing Lyric's
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Guidehealth & Koda Health Partner to Improve Advance Care Planning
What You Should Know:
- Guidehealth, an AI-powered healthcare services platform, has announced a strategic partnership with Koda Health, a platform for proactive Advance Care Planning (ACP).
- The partnership will provide access to a scalable, tech-enabled solution designed to improve care alignment and reduce the total cost of care for patients navigating serious illness.
Scalable Advance Care Planning
Health systems and clinically integrated networks (CINs) working with
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John Snow Labs Unveils New AI-Powered HCC Coding Engine
What You Should Know:
- John Snow Labs, a company specializing in artificial intelligence for healthcare, today announced the launch of its new, end-to-end Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) coding engine.
- Introduced during the company’s annual Healthcare NLP Summit, this solution is engineered to assist healthcare providers and payers in significantly improving risk adjustment accuracy and strengthening revenue integrity.
Addressing Critical Gaps in Risk
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Leidos to Invest $10M in University of Pittsburgh for AI Disease Detection
What You Should Know:
- Leidos is committing $10M to a five-year collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh's Computational Pathology and AI Center of Excellence (CPACE) to accelerate the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) in detecting and managing diseases.
- The partnership aims to create AI-powered tools for quicker disease detection, including heart disease and cancer, reduce diagnostic turnaround times, and enable earlier, more effective care
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Wasteful Spending on Remote Monitoring? New Report Urges Policy Overhaul
What You Should Know:
- A newly released report from the Peterson Center on Healthcare offers critical guidance for policymakers navigating the rapidly expanding landscape of remote monitoring technologies.
- Synthesizing findings from three in-depth evaluations of digital health tools by the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) and analyzing trends in Medicare and Medicaid billing, the report sounds a timely alarm. It underscores the urgent need for a policy
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McKesson Launches Precision Care Companion for Biomarker-Driven Cancer Care
What You Should Know:
- McKesson has unveiled the Precision Care Companion (PCC), a transformative initiative designed to tackle the multifaceted challenges that healthcare practices face in the rapidly evolving landscape of genomic testing and targeted therapies.
- The Precision Care Companion is structured as a consortium of leading industry experts, spearheaded by McKesson. This collaborative model is intentionally designed to foster a dynamic environment that unites a diverse
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Caregentic Appoints Russ Johannesson as CEO to Lead Expansion
What You Should Know:
- Caregentic, an AI-native patient automation platform focused on streamlining clinician workflows, has announced the appointment of Russ Johannesson as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
- Johannesson is a seasoned healthcare executive with over three decades of experience in scaling high-growth health tech companies. His expertise spans AI, digital health, and commercial operations, making him well-suited to lead Caregentic's national and international
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Researchers Develop AI Model to Detect Malaria Using NVIDIA
What You Should Know:
- A team of researchers at the intersection of medicine and technology has harnessed the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and NVIDIA GPUs to develop a new AI solution.
- Their recent publication in the prestigious journal Nature details the creation of a sophisticated convolutional neural network (CNN) specifically designed for the automated detection of malaria parasites in blood samples.
Venezuela's Malaria Resurgence
While the glint of gold has
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KLAS Report: Global Healthcare IT Investments and Trends for 2025
What You Should Know:
- A recent report by KLAS Research highlights the key trends shaping healthcare IT investments across the globe in 2025.
- The study, which involved interviews with 174 healthcare organizations across 39 countries and territories (excluding the US), reveals a significant shift in priorities, with AI and analytics taking center stage. The findings also shed light on the increasing adoption of cloud technologies and the evolving role of consulting firms in
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Protecting Margins in Home-Based Care with Smarter Revenue Cycle Management
Healthcare providers are heading into another year where financial uncertainty remains a top concern. While many for-profit and nonprofit organizations reported improved margins in 2024, industry analysts warn that rising expenses and process inefficiencies could put those gains at risk. Home-based care agencies, in particular, continue to face workforce shortages, changing reimbursement structures and administrative challenges – making revenue cycle management (RCM) a critical tool for
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