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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Hidden Healthcare Crisis: Healthcare Dollars Buy Patient Harm
Everyone in America has felt the effects of uncoordinated healthcare, from the hassle of medical records lost between providers to devastating stories of medical errors that caused patient harm or a loss of life, uncoordinated care in medicine leaves no one behind. Uncoordinated care in the US directly contributes to out-of-control healthcare costs by adding roughly $340 billion annually in wasted resources – surpassing heart
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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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Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation to Deploy MEDITECH Expanse EHR
What You Should Know:
- The Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation (CHCC) in Saipan, CNMI, has chosen MEDITECH Expanse as its new Electronic Health Record (EHR) system platform.
- CHCC's adoption of Expanse aligns with its strategic goal of establishing a patient-centered healthcare model that emphasizes individual patient needs and strengthens care coordination throughout its network
Advance Patient-Centered Care with MEDITECH Expanse EHR
MEDITECH Expanse will provide CHCC
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Strive Health Promotes New COO & Appoints New President
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- Strive Health, a national leader in value-based kidney care, has announced strategic expansions to its executive leadership team.
- The executive appointments further strengthen the company's operations, enhance customer success, and drive continued growth in the delivery of specialized kidney care.
Paul Marchetti Appointed President
The company has named Paul Marchetti as its new President. In this role, Marchetti will be responsible
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Florida Pediatric Group to Deploy eClinicalWorks and Sunoh.ai Across Enterprise
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- eClinicalWorks®, an ambulatory cloud EHR provider, today announced that Florida-based Pediatrica Health Group has chosen its intelligent Cloud and AI-driven Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to further improve care coordination and expand access to comprehensive pediatric care across its growing network.
- With a strategic vision for continued exponential growth, Pediatrica’s decision to adopt a robust EHR solution underscores its commitment to thoughtful
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Surescripts Health Information Network Designated as a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN)
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- Surescripts Health Information Network, a subsidiary of Surescripts®, today announced its designation as a Qualified Health Information Network® (QHIN) by the Recognized Coordinating Entity® (RCE®), The Sequoia Project, Inc.
- The designation allows Surescripts Health Information Network to facilitate nationwide health data exchange under the governance of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) policies and technical requirements.
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How Rural Providers Can Leverage Code Updates and APCM to Boost Health Equity and Sustainability
The care management code updates in the 2025 Final Physician Fee Schedule from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could have far-reaching implications for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). Organizations serving underserved areas are expected to benefit from the changes, which introduce enhanced reimbursement structures that will enable them to elevate patient services and accelerate their transition to value-based care models. Among the
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