What You Should Know:
- SYNERGEN Health, an industry-leading provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle services and solutions for healthcare organizations appoints Patricia Smith as Director of Revenue Cycle Consulting.
- Smith brings more than 25 years of experience in healthcare revenue cycle management and Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) operations. Her previous experience as Chief Executive Officer of a
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Strengthening Cybersecurity Preparedness for Small Organizations: Lessons from the Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack
Here we go again. The US health system is in a desperate cybersecurity state of affairs. Another healthcare cyberattack has made the news and it’s a big one. UnitedHealth Group’s technology unit, Change Healthcare, is currently facing an ongoing ransomware attack which has reverberated through healthcare systems and affected prescription deliveries. This should raise red flags for all healthcare organizations regardless of their size, but particularly for smaller organizations with
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Syllable Acquires Healthcare CRM Intelligence Platform Actium Health
What You Should Know:
Syllable, a leader in healthcare artificial intelligence and process automation, today announced its purchase of Actium Health. Financial details were not disclosed.As the industry evolves, health systems are faced with multiple challenges: Revenue growth with limited capacity, managing and retaining a highly-skilled, but burnt-out workforce, increasing operational costs, and making the most of their care delivery capacity to ensure patient access to high-quality
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Report Reveals Digital Diabetes Management Tools Fail to Deliver Benefits, Increase Costs
What You Should Know:
- Digital diabetes management tools are failing to deliver meaningful health benefits to patients, according to a new evaluation by the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI).
- The report casts doubt on the effectiveness of widely used digital diabetes management tools. Despite billions in investment, the study finds these tools offer minimal health benefits and actually increase healthcare spending.
Millions Rely on Tools, But Evidence Shows Little
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Rimidi Care Network Launches to Increase Access to Remote Monitoring Services
What You Should Know:
Rimidi, a market leading digital health company that supports healthcare providers in the delivery of remote patient monitoring and chronic disease management with EHR-integrated software, services, and connected devices, announced the launch of The Rimidi Care Network, a partnership program for remote monitoring clinical service providers. As remote patient monitoring becomes widely available, particularly with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
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Conduce Health Secures $3M for Multi-Specialty Value-Based Care Marketplace
What You Should Know:
- Conduce Health, a healthcare technology company focused on value-based care raises $3M in seed funding led by Connecticut Innovations with participation from AlleyCorp and CityLight.
- With a network of over 150 specialists, Conduce provides a centralized platform for managing specialty care risk, optimizing contracting, and utilizing data science to deliver the right care at the right time.
The Problem: Disconnected Care for Complex Conditions
Value-based
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Phreesia Appoints Jack Callahan as Chief Technology Officer
What You Should Know:
- Phreesia, a provider of patient intake, outreach and activation appoints Jack Callahan as the company’s new Chief Technology Officer.
- As Chief Technology Officer, Callahan will oversee Phreesia’s core and integration platforms and is responsible for the company’s Patient Intake, Data Center Operations, Site Reliability Engineering and Analytics teams.
Callahan Bio/Background
Callahan previously served as Phreesia’s Vice President of Engineering and has been
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Closing Care Gaps Through Prospective Risk Adjustment
The lack of a complete and comprehensive patient record limits the ability of the physician to improve care and puts organizations at financial and regulatory risk. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) estimated that for payment year 2018 alone, it will recover $428.4 million (net) and $4.7 billion from 2023 through 2032, including extrapolation effects. The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently reported that, from October 2014 through December 2016, 153 audit reports
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HiMS Unveils AI-powered EHR That Saves Clinicians 2 Hours Daily
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Health Information Management Systems (HiMS) unveiled AxiomEHR, an all-new, AI-powered electronic health record (EHR) solution with a unique architecture that supports data-based decision-making, flexible care coordination, and overall resilience to drive quality-based care.Tailored specifically for behavioral and integrated health care providers, AxiomEHR features AI-driven automation, which streamlines inefficient workflows and drastically reduces the screen
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Abridge & NVIDIA Partner to Supercharge AI-powered Clinical Documentation
What You Should Know:
- Abridge, a leader in generative AI for healthcare documentation forms a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA to leverage NVIDIA's cutting-edge technology and expertise to significantly improve clinician workflows and patient care through AI-powered solutions.
- Abridge also secured an investment from NVentures, NVIDIA's venture capital arm, further solidifying their commitment to revolutionizing healthcare documentation
Unearthing a Sea of Lost
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