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New data from Accompany Health rejects industry norms that count passive phone calls or consent checkboxes as engagement (which typically yields only 20–30% reach), setting a standard defined by a completed in-home visit conducted jointly by an Advanced Practice Clinician (APC) and a dedicated Health Advocate.Accompany Health achieves a 55% engagement rate among attributed dual-eligible and complex Medicare Advantage members, with 99% of engaged patients in 2024 remaining
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Epic Launches Coverage Requirements Discovery API with Ochsner, Froedtert, Denver Health, and Summit Health
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Four major health systems—Ochsner Health, Froedtert ThedaCare Health, Denver Health, and Summit Health—have deployed real-time prior authorization checks directly inside their native Epic EHR workflows.The rollout utilizes the industry-standard Coverage Requirements Discovery (CRD) API, enabling clinical and financial clearance teams to determine instantly whether a commercial or government payer requires prior authorization at the point of order entry or appointment
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Wellness Project Launches Verified Google Health Integration Ahead of Fitbit API Sunset
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Wellness Project launched a direct, verified integration with the new Google Health API, providing Fitbit and Pixel Watch users with an open pathway to sync wearable metrics into a unified, AI-ready longitudinal health record.The integration comes ahead of Google’s planned September 2026 retirement of the legacy Fitbit Web API, which requires developers to migrate to Google Health, adopt new OAuth infrastructure, and pass restricted-scope verification.In addition to
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Innovaccer Partners with Mastek to Expand Agentic Healthcare AI Globally
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Global digital, cloud, and AI services company Mastek has joined Innovaccer’s Platinum Global Systems Integrator (GSI) program, committing to Innovaccer's Gravity platform for large-scale enterprise deployments.The partnership bridges Innovaccer’s healthcare AI and data infrastructure with Mastek’s operational footprint across 40+ countries, accelerating expansion into the US, UK, Europe, and Middle East.Mastek will implement and localize Innovaccer’s full suite of
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How athenaOne’s Native Ambient AI Saves Two Workdays Monthly Per Clinician
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athenahealth announced the broad deployment of AI-native capabilities across its athenaOne network, extending native ambient features to over 170,000 physicians and clinicians.The core innovation, athenaAmbient, is built directly into athenaOne at no extra charge, capturing patient encounters to generate draft notes, suggested diagnoses, orders, and care-gap alerts.Network results since late 2025 show a reduction of nearly six minutes per patient encounter in chart
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Ubie Announces Smart Support as a Qualified Solution on Mayo Clinic Platform
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Healthcare AI leader Ubie announced that its patient access tool, Smart Support, has earned official qualification on Mayo Clinic Platform.Smart Support applies protocol-based clinical reasoning at the front door to evaluate urgency, clinical specialty, and visit type across phone calls, web chat, and patient portal messages before a patient is routed or scheduled.Mayo Clinic Platform's qualification process evaluated Smart Support's intended use, proposed clinical value,
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M&A: EnableComp Acquires Helix Advisory to Advance Complex Revenue Recovery Platform
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Complex RCM leader EnableComp announced its acquisition of Cincinnati-based revenue recovery firm Helix Advisory.The acquisition expands EnableComp's Zero Balance Review capabilities, integrating underpayment recovery directly into the same platform used for complex claims and denials.Helix Advisory's technology adds three specific capabilities: detecting underpayments outside traditional rules-based audit logic, clinical signal detection to flag reimbursement
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Blue Shield of California and Cedars-Sinai Secure 4-Year Network Deal
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Blue Shield of California and Cedars-Sinai Health System reached a new four-year long-term agreement, ensuring uninterrupted in-network access for Commercial HMO and PPO members across Southern California.The renewed contract covers major hospital facilities—including Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, and Huntington Hospital—alongside ambulatory surgery centers, ancillary providers, and associated
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XiFin and Notable Systems Form Strategic Alliance and Announce Series B Investment
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XiFin, Inc. and Notable Systems announced a multi-year strategic alliance to develop and embed purpose-built agentic AI capabilities across the XiFin Empower AI RCM ecosystem.As part of the multi-year alliance, XiFin made a strategic investment in Notable Systems during Notable's Series B financing round.The partnership targets complex billing domains—including diagnostics, outpatient laboratories, specialty pharmacies, and durable medical equipment (DME)—by automating
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Kyndryl to Acquire Healthcare IT Leaders: Scaling AI Modernization Across Hospitals and Payors
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Kyndryl announced its intent to acquire Healthcare IT Leaders, LLC, an enterprise IT services and consulting provider for hospitals, health systems, and payors.The acquisition bridges Kyndryl’s core IT infrastructure capabilities with Healthcare IT Leaders’ domain expertise in clinical, operational, and workforce application managed services.Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.The deal is expected to close during the second quarter of Kyndryl's fiscal
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