Alyssa Rapp, CEO of Surgical Solutions
Healthcare costs are on the rise, and they show no signs of leveling off. According to the latest data available from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, healthcare spending in the United States reached $3.5 trillion in 2017, or $10,739 per person. Those costs are projected to rise by about five percent year-over-year.
As expenditures continue to skyrocket, healthcare providers are looking to new technologies and care strategies that can help
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K Health Integrates with Health Gorilla’s API to Power Lab Orders
K Health, a digital health company that offers free personalized healthcare, and Health Gorilla, a leader in secure interoperability solutions announced an integration collaboration to power new clinical functionality to improve the primary care experience. With the new integration, K Health can now leverage Health Gorilla's FHIR-based APIs to place orders with diagnostic vendors.Integration BenefitsK Health’s AI-driven primary care solution allows users to see how doctors diagnose and treat
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CMS Launches Pilot to Give Clinicians Direct Access to Claims Data
New CMS Pilot program gives clinicians direct access to claims data, putting patients over paperwork and at the center of their care.Today, at the White House Blue Button Developers Conference (BBDC), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new pilot program for clinicians called “Data at the Point of Care” (DPC). DPC is based on an industry-standard application programming interface (API), and is part of the MyHealthEData Administration-wide initiative that is
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Human API Expands Their Consumer Driven Health Data Network to 85% Coverage of U.S. Hospitals
Health tech startup Human API today, announced it has vastly expanded their provider data network to drive the consumer health revolution forward. This first ubiquitous consumer health data network in the U.S. will allow people to securely share their data from anywhere with any company.Mission to Health Data Use & Sharing Simple & CentralizedIn their ambitious quest to make health data use and sharing simple and centralized, Human API now boasts a real-time, consumer-centric data
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Change Healthcare: Applying AI Could Identify Up to 35% of Denials Prior to Submission
Change Healthcare AI can help providers identify problem claims and prevent denials before they happen, avoiding costly rework, delays, and improving revenue flow.Today Change Healthcare announced that it has applied its Claims Lifecycle Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to its claims management suite with the introduction of Assurance Reimbursement Management™ Denial Propensity Scoring and Revenue Performance Advisor Denial Prevention. With performance enhanced by Claims Lifecycle AI,
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Study: Fitbit Devices Could Predict Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Flare-Ups
Fitbit devices could help predict the flare-ups of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, according to a new study published in the Journal of Crohn's and Colitis. The year-long study, which was recently presented at Digestive Disease Week, was conducted by the University of Chicago.Impact of IBD Flare-UpsEven when managed well, IBD can flare up or cause symptoms unexpectedly, which may be triggered by diet, stress, and physical activity (or lack
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Innovaccer, Launches InAPI to Aggregate Healthcare Data for Providers, Payers, and Vendors
Healthcare organizations are riding the wave of digital disruption with increased adoption of applications to power patient centric-care, communications, and collaboration with peer organizations in the network. With this objective, they are seeking to integrate crucial information across the care continuum and establish interoperability among complex and disparate data systems- including legacy systems.Existing Interoperability ChallengesThere are over 200 EHRs in the US healthcare space,
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Access One Integrates Patient Financing Options with Epic App Orchard
AccessOne, a provider of patient financing options designed to help patients manage their healthcare costs announced that it has joined the Epic App Orchard marketplace. The integration marks AccessOne as the first patient financing company to join the App Orchard and is currently available to hospitals and health systems on the Epic platform.Consumers have reported that more payment options and access to self-service portals are among the top three process changes that would improve
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MATTER, rMark Bio Launch AI-Powered Healthcare Innovation Matchmaker, Origin
MATTER, a Chicago, IL-based healthcare incubator and innovation hub, and rMark Bio, a life sciences AI company announced the launch of Origin™ — a new product to further accelerate healthcare innovation via collaboration. Exclusively available to the MATTER community of startup members and partner organizations, Origin combines the power of machine learning with MATTER’s expertise in vetting, coaching and convening to match pharmaceutical companies, payers and health systems with the right
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Vericred Launches Medicare Advantage API to Support Insur Tech & Digital Health Companies
Vericred, an NYC-based data services platform powering the digital distribution of health insurance and employee benefits, announced today a Medicare Advantage rating API enabling InsurTech and digital health companies to build innovative solutions that serve the fast-growing Medicare-eligible population.Growth of Medicare Advantage PlansMedicare Advantage – also known as Medicare Part C – is a program in which individuals who qualify for Medicare enroll in certified health plans offered by
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