Bain-Capital-backed revenue cycle management company Waystar is acquiring Digitize.AI, an artificial intelligence firm, to enable faster and smarter prior authorizations in healthcare – one of the largest pain points for both providers and consumers.Financial Impact of Prior AuthorizationsPrior authorizations, the process by which insurance companies and payers determine if they will cover a prescribed procedure or medication, are meant to help patients avoid surprise bills and unexpected
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Medsphere Integrates CloudMedx AI Engine With CareVue EHR Platform
Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare information technology (IT) solutions and services, announced the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities to the company’s comprehensive CareVue electronic health record (EHR) platform. CareVue’s complete clinical and financial suite of applications now include an AI engine developed by CloudMedx that gives clinicians and administrators the power to pull meaningful and actionable
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6 Considerations For Creating A Robust Healthcare Data Analytics Program
Dr. Anunaya Jain, VP, IKS Health
Healthcare organizations are increasingly turning to data analytics to solve their toughest business challenges. As information becomes less siloed, and technology systems do a better job of both generating and sharing data, organizations are seeing the need to more precisely identify patterns to predict patient needs, anticipate resources and improve processes. There is now as much emphasis on making the data work as there was on collecting data, so it can
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Blockchain Solve.Care Integrates With Uber Health to Deliver Non-Emergency Medical Transportation for Patients
Solve.Care, a global healthcare platform which uses blockchain technology for the administration, coordination, and payments of healthcare benefits, has announced a partnership with Uber Health, allowing healthcare organizations to provide accessible and affordable rides to patients and caregivers. Integration Details & BenefitsEvery day, 10,000 patients miss or delay care due to a transportation barrier. The partnership will result in the integration of Uber Health’s transportation
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Georgia Hospitals Partner with CarePort to Improve Patient Outcomes
Georgia Hospital Health Services, a subsidiary of the Georgia Hospital Association has selected CarePort Health to provide hospitals across the state with a complete suite of solutions to improve care coordination by educating, guiding and monitoring patients moving across the continuum of care.GHHS formally endorses vendors that bring value to their system and understands the importance of transparency throughout care transitions by providing real-time patient data to improve patient outcomes.
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Innovaccer Launches Data Solution to Enable ACOs’ Seamless Transition to Value-Based Care
A survey suggests that 71% of accountable care organizations would rather quit the Medicare Shared Savings Program than assume down risks. Although ACOs are leading the transition from volume-based care to value-based care, a lot of them face the lack of confidence in meeting the quality and cost benchmarks. When ACOs don’t have adequate knowledge and control over the network, earning shared savings can be quite challenging. Data from disparate sources such as EHRs, payer claims, PMS and HIEs
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AI in Healthcare: Enhancing Risk Models to Predict the Future Cost of Care
Traditionally, providers and health systems have relied on claims-based risk models, such as the CMS-HCC, ACG, and DxCG, which were built to forecast the risk of populations, but not at an individual level. While these models give a fairly good estimation of the risk of the population, they exhibit unsatisfactory estimation if used to predict the risk at an individual level.Innovaccer Inc., a healthcare data activation company, has taken a major step towards revolutionizing the way we identify
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Providence St. Joseph Health, Blue Shield of California Team Up to Deliver Immediate Drug Cost Savings for Patients
Blue Shield of California and Providence St. Joseph Health has announced a new collaboration to help patients save hundreds of dollars a year on prescriptions. Providence St. Joseph providers are now using the new Drug-Cost Transparency Services, developed by Gemini Health LLC, and offered to Blue Shield of California plan members. Blue Shield is making the service available through its innovative collaboration with Gemini Health at no additional cost to providers.As drug costs rise, patients
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Patientco Joins Epic App Orchard Marketplace to Power Seamless Payment Experience
Patientco, a next-generation patient payment tech company has joined the Epic App Orchard Marketplace with two payments solutions:1. Patientco Patient Payments is a solution that supports self-service payments via MyChart.2. Patientco Encrypted Device Integration, which allows staff to collect payments without leaving the Epic workflow. Epic App Orchard IntegrationPatientco Patient Payments is directly embedded in Epic’s MyChart, enabling patients to pay their healthcare bills how they prefer,
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Providence St. Joseph Health & Microsoft Form Alliance to Deliver Healthcare Innovations
Providence St. Joseph Health (PSJH), one of the nation’s largest health systems, announced today that it will enter into a multi-year strategic alliance with Microsoft that will enable PSJH to bring new solutions to the market to address clinical and operational needs, which will ultimately streamline and improve the patient and caregiver experience. This alliance will result in an innovative facility that will showcase cloud technology, AI and data, and analytics to increase the chances of more
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