XIFIN announced the expansion of its portfolio of physician and patient engagement solutions with integrated patient responsibility estimation and automated prior authorization capabilities, enabling diagnostic providers to improve their patient experience and physician satisfaction. The new capabilities include a strategic partnership with Glidian that integrates automated prior authorization capabilities with XIFIN’s revenue cycle management and laboratory information system solutions, XIFIN
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Covera Health Nabs $8.5M for Data Analytics Platform to Improve Healthcare Outomes
Covera Health, an NYC-based provider of analytics-based programs to reduce medical misdiagnoses and improve quality of care has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding led by Equity Group Investments (EGI). The Series A round also included select strategic and individual investors. Founded in 2017, Covera Health leverages advanced data analytics to build Radiology Centers of Excellence Programs for employers, health plans, and other healthcare entities to reduce misdiagnoses, improve patient
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Treating Addiction: Bridging the Gap Between Physical & Behavioral Healthcare
The statistics are terrifying. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Alcohol poisoning kills six people every day. Of those, 76 percent are adults ages 35-64, and three of every four people killed by alcohol poisoning are men. The group with the most alcohol poisoning deaths per million people is American Indians/Alaska Natives (49.1 per 1 million). More than 15 million people struggle with an alcohol use disorder in the United States, but less than eight
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5 Reasons Why Patient Data Privacy and Control is So Important
“Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.” – Hippocrates, Greek physician (460 BC - 377 BC) The ancient Greek father of medicine, Hippocrates, knew that trust was a fundamental tenet for the effective practice of medicine. How can a patient seek the care of a stranger without the establishment of a fiduciary trust? A patient must reveal the most personal, private information about themselves and therefore must possess the utmost confidence in their physician to
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Bayer and Geisinger to Create EHR-Integrated Contraception Counseling Pathway
Bayer and Geisinger are partnering to create a contraception counseling pathway integrated within Geisinger's Epic Electronic Health Record (EHR) to standardize the delivery of comprehensive contraceptive care and reducing unintended pregnancies. Many women may not realize that birth control options have varying efficacy rates and that they should consider speaking with their healthcare provider about different birth control options.The goal is to optimize care within the Geisinger network and
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GHX Names Top 50 Healthcare Providers for Supply Chain Excellence
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) has unveiled its annual list of the healthcare provider organizations being recognized as the 2018GHX “Best 50” supply chains in North America for their work in improving operational performance and driving down costs through supply chain automation. To select the Best 50, GHX looked at the performance of more than 4,100 hospitals in the U.S. and Canada connected to the GHX electronic trading exchange. GHX identified the 50 healthcare organizations that
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HIMSS19 Day 4 Announcements & Summary
HHS Launches New Payment Model for Emergency Ambulance ServicesHHS announced a new payment model for emergency ambulance services that aims to allow Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) beneficiaries to receive the most appropriate level of care at the right time and place with the potential for lower out-of-pocket costs. The new model named the Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport (ET3) model is designed to make it possible for participating ambulance suppliers and providers to partner with
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HHS Launches New Payment Model for Emergency Ambulance Services
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center), today announced a new payment model for emergency ambulance services that aims to allow Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) beneficiaries to receive the most appropriate level of care at the right time and place with the potential for lower out-of-pocket costs.Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport (ET3) Model OverviewThe new model named the Emergency Triage, Treat and
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HIMSS19 Day 3 Announcements & Summary
Johnson & Johnson to Acquire Auris Health for $3.4B to Expand Digital Surgery PortfolioJohnson & Johnson, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Auris Health, a developer of robotic technologies for $3.4 billion in cash. Auris Health is a privately held developer of robotic technologies, initially focused on lung cancer, with an FDA-cleared Monarch platform currently used in bronchoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. This acquisition will
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HIMSS Survey: Optimizing Clinical Workflows Top Goal for Interoperability
According to a new market insight survey of healthcare professionals conducted by HIMSS Media for Hyland Healthcare finds optimizing clinical workflows as their top goal for achieving health IT interoperability. However, 56 percent of healthcare professionals said the inability to effectively manage unstructured data is a key obstacle to achieving this goal. Survey Background/OverviewMore than 145 healthcare professionals representing IT, business and clinical roles within provider organizations
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