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- NationsBenefits®, a healthcare fintech, supplemental benefits, and outcomes platform, and Walmart, the world’s largest retailer announced they are continuing to work together to revolutionize how health plan members access essential benefits through innovative, tech-powered tools.
- The ongoing collaboration prominently features NationsBenefits’ proprietary Basket Analyzer Service (BAS) and the Walmart Everyday Health Signals™ program, which leverages
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Scalability in Revenue Cycle: Building a Flexible Model for Sustainable Growth
The demands on revenue cycle management (RCM) today are unrelenting. Healthcare providers are navigating ongoing regulatory shifts while financial constraints and growing patient volumes place immense pressure. The average internal cost of running an RCM operation has increased from 4% to 5%, even with the advances in technology and automation. To be successful, providers must maintain efficiency while delivering quality care.
With this current landscape, RCM must be built for adaptability;
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Corti Joins Coalition for Health AI to Advance Responsible and Safe AI in Healthcare
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- Corti, an AI infrastructure provider for healthcare, announced it is joining the Coalition for Health AI (CHAI). This move signifies Corti's commitment to collaborating on the development of best practices and frameworks to foster innovation, safety, and security for artificial intelligence in the health sector.
- CHAI is an industry-led coalition that brings together a diverse group of stakeholders, including health systems, patient advocates, researchers,
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Humana Partners with Sunrise to Expand Digital Sleep Apnea Diagnostics
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- Dreem Health, a leading digital sleep clinic managed by The Sunrise Group, has announced a strategic partnership with Humana, one of the United States’ foremost health and well-being companies.
- Effective immediately, Humana members will receive coverage for Dreem Health’s full suite of digital sleep services—including at-home testing, clinical diagnosis of sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and personalized treatment plans.
Dreem Health and
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SoundHound AI and Allina Health Launch AI Agent to Redefine Patient Engagement
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- SoundHound AI, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOUN), a global leader in voice artificial intelligence, today announced its partnership with Allina Health and deployment of “Alli”, an AI agent for patient engagement, powered by its Amelia conversational AI platform.
-Alli answers calls within Allina Health’s Customer Experience Center and integrates directly with Allina Health’s electronic medical record system, allowing it to instantly identify and authenticate
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Sohar Health Unveils Network Status Tool to Streamline Behavioral Health Eligibility
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- Sohar Health, a provider of eligibility determination and Verification of Benefits (VoB) solutions, today announced the launch of Network Status, a new tool designed to instantly verify whether a patient’s provider is in-network.
- The solution aims to remove a significant administrative burden for behavioral health providers, helping them reduce costs, lower insurance denials, and minimize the risk of surprise medical bills for their
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AssistIQ Secures $11.5M to Transform Hospital Supply Chains with AI
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- AssistIQ, an AI company utilizing computer vision to revolutionize how hospitals manage surgical and procedural supply chains secures $11.5M in Series A funding round led by Battery Ventures, with participation from return investor Tamarind Hill. With this funding, Battery Ventures Principal Brandon Gleklen will join AssistIQ’s Board of Directors.
- The company’s platform is gaining traction across academic and community hospitals, capturing every item used in
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Critical Role of Transitions of Care in Medicare Advantage Success
The Medicare Advantage (MA) market is at a tipping point, with more than half of all seniors enrolled in an MA plan for their healthcare. Utilization of services is skyrocketing and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has increased pressure to deliver supplemental benefits in a high-quality, low-cost and reportable manner.
As enrollment continues to grow, how health plans are paid — and how much —will be central to the debate over the efficiency and sustainability of
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Abridge Launches AI-Powered Pediatric Well Visit Note Type
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- Abridge, a company specializing in AI-powered clinical documentation, announced the launch of a new pediatric well visit note type within its platform.
- The enhancement leverages Abridge's advanced Contextual Reasoning Engine to automatically generate clinically useful and billable documentation tailored to the unique, structured needs of pediatric well visits, which vary significantly by a child's age and developmental stage.
- The new feature was
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Coalesce Capital Acquires Majority Stake in DAS Health
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- Coalesce Capital (“Coalesce”), a private equity firm focused on investing in human capital-driven and technology-enabled services companies announced it has acquired a majority stake in DAS Health Ventures (“DAS Health”), a provider of healthcare IT and business solutions.
- Sheridan Capital Partners (“Sheridan”), which first invested in DAS Health in 2021, will retain a minority ownership position and continue to support the company’s ongoing growth
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