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Healthcare operations and revenue cycle management (RCM) company Savista has acquired ABW Medical, an ambulatory RCM provider specializing in the non-acute healthcare sector.The transaction expands Savista’s operational footprint into community health centers, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), physician medical groups, management services organizations (MSOs), rural health providers, and virtual care platforms.Integrates ABW Medical’s preferred partner status
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Array Behavioral Care 2026 Report Reveals 95% Clinician Strain Amid False Capacity Confidence
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According to a nationwide survey released by Array Behavioral Care, 100% of hospital and health system leaders believe their behavioral health capacity meets or exceeds current demand, and 83% consider their models sustainable.Yet on the ground, 40% of those same administrators admit their facilities have turned away patients or instituted waitlists over the past year. The strain is acutely felt by clinical staff: 95% of surveyed clinicians report being forced to make
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Hospital Board Safety Can’t Clock Out: In Pursuit of Zero Harm 24/7
Vince Lombardi told his players that perfection is not attainable, but that if you chase it, you can catch excellence. And that’s exactly how to think about approaching safety in healthcare.
The goal of eliminating preventable harm in healthcare may sound like a utopian promise, a slogan on a hospital wall. But patient and employee safety is one of the most urgent and least acknowledged public health crises of our time. It desperately needs attention from hospital
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UPMC Expands AI-Native Transitional Care Management Model to 18 Hospitals with Andor Health and Psynergy Health
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UPMC is expanding its AI-native transitional care management program to 18 hospitals, scaling from an initial single-campus deployment at UPMC Jameson (New Castle, PA) to 10 live hospitals today, with one launching September 1 and seven more on September 22.Operates on ThinkAndor®, Andor Health’s agentic AI infrastructure, paired directly with clinical care delivery provided by Andor's Psynergy Health licensed clinical workforce.Unifies technology, outreach, scheduling,
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Intermountain Medical Center Deploys GE HealthCare’s AI-Powered SIGNA Sprint Elite MRI
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Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, is the first hospital in Utah—and only the second in the United States—to deploy GE HealthCare’s SIGNA Sprint Elite MRI system.GE HealthCare’s SIGNA Sprint Elite MRI system utilizes embedded artificial intelligence reconstruction software and advanced high-performance gradient hardware to reduce scan acquisition times and enhance diagnostic clarity for complex cardiovascular and oncologic conditions.
AI-Driven Clarity and
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Transcarent Launches Bundled Payment Model for CAR T and BiTE Cancer Therapies Across Community Providers
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Transcarent launched a first-of-its-kind bundled payment model for bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE) and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies delivered through community oncology providers.Addresses the primary cost driver for self-insured employers: the Business Group on Health’s survey found that cancer is the No. 1 condition driving employer healthcare costs for the fifth consecutive year, with 70% of employers citing it as their top cost driver.Breakthrough
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M&A: Imagenet Acquires Analytica Consulting to Embed AI and Data Engineering in Payer Operations
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Healthcare operations and payer technology partner Imagenet announced the acquisition of Analytica Consulting, a California-based consulting firm specializing in data engineering, artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, data science, visualization, and data governance.The transaction closed on August 21, 2026 (financial terms remain undisclosed), accelerating Imagenet's evolution from a transaction-processing business process operations (BPO) firm into an end-to-end
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How Specialized, Agentic AI Transforms Healthcare Decision Intelligence
The healthcare industry is currently drowning in data but starving for insight. For decades, the promise of big data in healthcare was tied to the consolidation of EHRs. Many assumed that once the data was digitized, the answers to healthcare's most pressing operational and clinical questions would be revealed.
Instead, we have entered an era of extreme data fragmentation. Research indicates that the average health system contends with 16-20 distinct EHR vendors, and this vendor fragmentation
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FinThrive Names Former Kaiser Permanente Leader Brandon Burnett Chief RCM Officer
Healthcare revenue cycle software provider FinThrive has named Brandon Burnett as its Chief Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Officer. The move brings 25 years of provider-side operational experience directly into FinThrive’s executive ranks as the company expands the use of artificial intelligence across hospital billing and patient access workflows.
In the newly created role, Burnett will bridge the gap between software development and the day-to-day realities of hospital finance teams,
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HIMSS Signs Historic MOUs at HIMSS26 APAC to Measure AI Value and Accelerate Malaysia’s ‘1 Person, 1 Record’
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At the HIMSS26 APAC Health Conference & Exhibition in Singapore (co-hosted with SingHealth), HIMSS executed two major Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) and a national digital health maturity partnership.Establishes the HIMSS AI Outcomes Framework, the world’s first evidence-based, longitudinal standard for measuring the clinical, operational, and financial impact and ROI of healthcare artificial intelligence.Founding healthcare provider partners contributing
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