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Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has demonstrated promising outcomes†—including earlier intervention and reduced utilization, outcomes that are critical in value-based care arrangements. The options for RPM are rapidly evolving, with many factors for healthcare organizations to consider. Reimbursement is an ongoing question, with some healthcare organizations feeling they can’t rely solely on reimbursement from CPT codes.A new report by KLAS explores the customer
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Podimetrics Director Talks Supporting Patients Living with SDoH Challenges
In an interview with HIT Consultant, Dr. Gary Rothenberg, Director of Medical Affairs at Podimetrics talks about how healthcare technology can help support a focus on social determinants of health (SDoH) to enhance the relationship between the patient and physician/care team.
How can health technology play a role in helping to address social determinants of health (SDOH) when it comes to diabetes care?
Dr. Gary Rothenberg, Director of Medical Affairs at Podimetrics: While I am a big
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Why The Evolution of Tech Will be Based on APIs
Layoffs continue to ripple across the economy. Starting with big tech firms and the digital businesses that overhired during the early days of the pandemic, pink slips have now spread to the industrial, manufacturing and professional services industries.
While there are numerous theories on the underlying causes and exacerbators of the surge in job loss, at its core lies a question of efficiency. Companies lay off workers when they believe - rightly or wrongly - that they can accomplish the
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Digital Health Executive Hires: Practice Better Appoints CEO, HHAeXchange, Intelerad, Tegria, Others
Practice Better announced that Kim Walsh will be stepping in as CEO and Nathalie Garcia, Co-Founder of Practice Better, will step into a new role as Chief Strategy Officer where she will continue serving Practice Better’s customers, employees, partners, and investors while supporting and advising Kim in her new role.
HHAeXchange has appointed Paul Joiner as Chief Executive Officer. The new CEO’s appointment also further advances HHAeXchange’s commitment to innovation in its product
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Roundups: 15 Recent Digital Health Strategic Partnerships
Titan Medical Inc. has entered into a license agreement with Intuitive Surgical, Inc., a global technology leader in minimally invasive care and the pioneer of robotic-assisted surgery (“RAS”), for an upfront payment of $7.5M in respect of certain intellectual property (“IP”) of Titan.
Under the Agreement, Titan has granted Intuitive a non-exclusive license to all of Titan’s IP, with the exception of the IP that is exclusively licensed to another party under a June 2020 license agreement.
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UNC Health to Pilot Epic, Microsoft’s Generative AI Tool
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UNC Health will participate as early adopters of Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools through a program with Epic. It will be one of the initial few healthcare systems nationwide to do so.Epic and Microsoft announced a partnership in April to develop and integrate Large Language Models into Epic’s software.
Building Strong Foundational IT Systems
“We are incredibly excited that UNC Health’s work to build strong foundational IT systems and our existing
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Does Alzheimer’s Cure Matter if We Don’t Fix the Economic Infrastructure of the Disease?
Our brain is an extraordinary organ. This three-pound structure is the central processing unit of our universe that controls intelligence, sense, movement, behavior and much more. When healthy, we take it for granted, and when diseased we carry a substantial burden.
Astonishingly, the burden of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias is growing rapidly with an aging population. The economic and health burden is expected to reach nearly $1 trillion by 2050. This is a massive
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AI Can Eliminate Surprise Bills, Improve Payment Integrity
Anyone who receives a hospital, medical imaging, or outpatient surgery bill is usually surprised at the cost.
No matter the cost, how do they know the bill is correct? They don’t.
Incorrect medical bills have become so prevalent that organizations have started applying technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to reduce drastically high healthcare costs.
Consider what organizations as diverse as the Office of the Inspector General, Harvard
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M&A: Florence Acquires Virtual Care Solution Zipnosis
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Florence, an innovator in healthcare enablement software, announced today its acquisition of Zipnosis, an asynchronous-first virtual care solution that creates efficiency for clinicians while making quality care more accessible and affordable for patients. Through this acquisition, Florence will broaden its product offerings with synchronous and asynchronous virtual care and further their mission to create a consumer-centric interface that
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Denials Management Named Most Time-Consuming Task in RCM
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A new HFMA survey commissioned by AKASA highlights the revenue cycle tasks requiring the most subject matter expertise, according to responses from over 550 CFOs and revenue cycle leaders at hospitals and health systems across the U.S.Denials management not only requires the most subject matter expertise, but it’s also the most time-consuming task within revenue cycle management (RCM) — followed by prior authorization and insurance
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