What You Should Know: - Apixio, a leading AI platform that powers value-based care launches its new Apicare Post-Visit™ offering, an EHR-integrated intelligent workflow solution for health plans and providers. With the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' recent Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment Data Validation Final Rule, healthcare organizations need to have complete diagnosis capture and accurate documentation for reimbursement to ensure compliance. - The new Post-Visit
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It’s Time to Stop Accepting the Payer-Provider Dynamic as ‘Adversarial’ and Work Toward Alignment
Today’s relationship between payers and providers is more fraught than ever. With a history of transactional, often adversarial, fee-for-service contract negotiations, it’s no wonder that the healthcare industry has grown too comfortable pitting payers and providers against each other. The lack of trust and transparency between the two groups has led to a perceived misalignment of vision. Across the board, the administrative staff has shouldered the brunt of this friction, which in the end
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Vysioneer & Pfizer Partner on AI-Powered Oncology Clinical Trials
What You Should Know: - Vysioneer, a provider of applied AI for Oncology, today announced a data-sharing agreement with Pfizer, a global leader in pharmaceuticals. The agreement aims to lay the foundation for the application of AI in oncology clinical trials. As part of the agreement, Vysioneer gains access to one of Pfizer's oncology clinical trial datasets to apply Vysioneer's advanced machine-learning techniques to facilitate the drug efficacy assessment process, thereby allowing Pfizer
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Aledade Acquires Curia, Adds More Than 450 New Practices
What You Should Know: - Aledade today announced the acquisition of Curia, a leader in value-based care analytics using practical applications of artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize the targeting of patient care and engagement programs. The acquisition will enhance Aledade’s ability to extract valuable insights from disparate data sources, provide more accurate predictions using past data, and optimize primary care workflows through cutting-edge AI algorithms. - In addition, the
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Bluestem Health Launches AI-Based Virtual Healthcare Assistant Powered by Mediktor
What You Should Know: - Nebraska-based Bluestem Health today announced it has launched an AI-based virtual medical assistant powered by Mediktor. This is available for both established and non-established patients to efficiently assess their symptoms online and direct them to the appropriate level of care. - Mediktor combines AI, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning technologies for the first clinically validated digital medical assistant, proven in clinical trials with
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AGS Acquires Offshore Patient Access BPO Unit from Availity
What You Should Know: - AGS Health, a provider for tech-enabled revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions announces the acquisition of the India-based patient access outsourcing business unit of the Florida-based healthcare technology company Availity. - With more than half of U.S. hospitals anticipating a year of negative margins, achieving full and accurate reimbursement for services has never been more critical. With this expansion, AGS Health is positioned to provide faster, more
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Q/A: Oatmeal Health Co-Founder Talks AI-Enabled Cancer Screening for the Underserved
Today, cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. Sadly, cancer disparities exist, with racial/ethnic minority, low-income, and uninsured populations suffering the greatest burden. That’s why routine cancer screening is critical to addressing cancer disparities as they have the potential to greatly reduce both incidence and mortality rates. To address this, Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration to provide
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From Telemedicine to Complete Virtual Care and Beyond
Telemedicine has helped improve the quality of life of patients in every corner of the world and has been successfully utilized to provide convenient care to people with limited or no access to health services. Today, worldwide digital interconnectivity is growing, enabling telehealth to advance health equity, bring access to care for underserved regions and meet the urgent, primary and behavioral healthcare needs of an exploding global population. It has been a remarkable journey for the
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HTA to Offer Cognoa’s Canvas Dx Diagnostic Device for Autism to Member Organizations
What You Should Know: - Health Transformation Alliance (HTA), a cooperative of nearly 60 of America’s largest employers, has partnered with Cognoa, a pediatric behavioral health company, to offer the company’s Canvas Dx diagnostic device for autism to all HTA Member organizations and their employees. - HTA will offer its member organizations – some of the most influential and significant brands in the U.S. – the opportunity to add Canvas Dx to their benefit design. Expanding Horizons By
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IncludeHealth Secures $11M for Virtual Musculoskeletal Platform
What You Should Know: - IncludeHealth, a provider of musculoskeletal technology solutions raises $11 million in a recent financing round led by CincyTech, with participation from Tamarind Hill and other investors. - The company plans to use the funding to further expand MSK-OS™, the Company’s remote care platform powered by computer vision. AI-Powered Virtual Physical Therapy IncludeHealth partners with musculoskeletal providers to extend their reach beyond the clinic and unlock
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