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- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded Acentra Health (formerly CNSI) a three-year, $52.3M contract to support claims adjudication, provider access, data analytics, and visualization for its Financial Services Center (FSC).
- The FSC contract includes the implementation of healthcare claims adjudication software based on Acentra Health’s eCAMS HCE™ platform to adjudicate, process and prepare for payment healthcare claims submitted by
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How Healthcare Organizations Can Defend Against Ransomware
There’s no denying it - the need for stronger cyber defense is urgent. More ransomware attacks targeted healthcare in 2022 than any other critical infrastructure sector, according to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). With attacks on healthcare negatively impacting patient care – including increased mortality rates - healthcare organizations must adopt proactive approaches to better protect their patients and sensitive information.
In the spring, the Multi-State Information
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Mass General Brigham, Concert Health Collaborate to Expand Behavioral Health Services for Primary Care
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Concert Health, a leading behavioral health medical group, today announced a collaboration with Mass General Brigham, an integrated academic health care system, to expand behavioral health services delivered through primary care.The launch program will be rolled out in Mass General Brigham’s primary care facilities throughout Massachusetts, giving more than 400 primary care providers and their patients access to Concert Health’s behavioral health
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Clinician Burnout/Workforce Challenges Named #1 Threat for Healthcare Organizations
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symplr®, a leader in enterprise healthcare operations software, has announced the findings of its second annual symplr Compass Survey. The research captured sentiments from CIOs/IT leaders, all members of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), and clinicians at top U.S. health systems assessing decision-maker's views of the impact of technology on clinicians and patient care. The results are published in the 2023 symplr Compass
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Wolters Kluwer Unveils Generative AI Labs for UpToDate
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Wolters Kluwer Health has launched AI Labs, a collaborative resource that brings the power of generative AI to UpToDate, its market leading clinical decision support (CDS) solution, helping medical professionals make more informed decisions. UpToDate is used by more than two million users at over 44,000 healthcare organizations in over 190 countries. Medical professionals turn to UpToDate to view over 650 million topics per year. Wolters Kluwer will
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M&A: AHIMA Acquires HCPro
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- The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) today announced that it acquired HCPro and its associated brands from Simplify Compliance. The strategic acquisition broadens the reach of both organizations.
- AHIMA will operate HCPro as a for-profit, wholly-owned subsidiary, enabling the organization to remain focused on caring for its clients.
HCPro Background
HCPro is an industry leader in integrated information,
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Report: Hospital Financial Performance Stabilizing in 2023
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- Hospital financial performance has stabilized in 2023 compared to last year, according to the latest National Hospital Flash Report from Kaufman Hall.
- The latest Hospital Flash Report finds the median calendar year-to-date (CYTD) operating margin index for hospitals was 1.1% in August, up from 0.9% in July. Margins are still below historical levels, though positive margins are becoming more frequent in 2023.
Some Relief for Hospitals Amid Inflationary
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5 Ways Federated Computing Can Reshape Public Health
Unlocking data silos using Federated Computing (FC) has the potential to achieve a positive impact across the healthcare industry, ranging from clinical care quality improvement and accreditation to population health management, precision public health and equitable drug development.
We define FC as the leverage of federated learning and edge computing technologies to enable federated data access, enabling analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI), using linked, but not co-located, data. In
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Catholic Medical Center Exploring Merger with HCA Healthcare
Catholic Medical Center Exploring Merger with HCA Healthcare
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- Catholic Medical Center (CMC) has signed a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) to explore partnership with HCA Healthcare. The discussions will evaluate a potential agreement where CMC would join HCA Healthcare.
- The non-binding LOI is the first step in a well-defined and lengthy process that involves further due diligence, negotiation of final terms, and approvals. In the meantime, the excellent
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Will Value-Based Care Finally Fix EHRs Too?
In theory, electronic health records (EHRs) have the potential to transform the healthcare landscape. They were expected to provide a digital hub that would enable seamless communication and information sharing between providers, boost efficiency, improve the quality of care, and foster optimal patient and clinician experiences.
The reality, unfortunately, has not matched the possibilities.
While well-intentioned, the Federal Government’s 2011 Meaningful Use Mandate program—to
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