What You Should Know:
- AGS Health, a revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions provider and strategic growth partner to some of the largest healthcare systems in the U.S., announces the launch of the AGS AI Platform, a connected solution that blends artificial intelligence (AI) and automation with award-winning human-in-the-loop services and expert support to maximize revenue cycle performance.
- The platform allows healthcare organizations to gain enhanced visibility into day-to-day
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clinical documentation improvement
HFMA: DeliverHealth Launches AI-Driven Autonomous Coding
What You Should Know:
- DeliverHealth, a provider of technology-enabled solutions for hospitals, health systems and group practices launches artificial intelligence (AI) driven autonomous coding for a simpler, more efficient way to accelerate revenue cycle optimization.
- The autonomous coding platform removes inherent complexities clinicians and care teams face while helping administration and operations obtain the realization of their EHR investments.
Combating the Impact of the
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Iodine Acquires Clinical Documentation Solution ChartWise – Health M&A
What You Should Know:
- Iodine Software, a healthcare AI company, today announced it has acquired clinical documentation integrity company ChartWise Medical Systems. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The acquisition comes just two weeks after Iodine completed an acquisition of Artifact Health, a mobile-based physician query platform that was in 300+ hospitals. Now, after both acquisitions, Iodine will now support more than 800 of top U.S. health systems,
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Omega Healthcare Acquires himagine Solutions to Expand Global Delivery Model
What You Should Know:
- Omega Healthcare, a provider of outsourced revenue cycle management and other healthcare support services, today announced the acquisition of himagine Solutions, a St. Louis based provider of medical coding and registry services. The transaction expands the service capabilities and geographical footprint of both companies, enhancing the ability to service clients globally.
- Through this acquisition Omega Healthcare will be
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Epic, Galen Healthcare, Chartis Group Named 2020 Overall Best in KLAS Awards
What You Should Know:
- Epic was named the top Overall Software Suite for the eleventh consecutive year in the Best in KLAS 2021 Software & Services report, released today, which reports on the top vendors for 2020. Epic was also named the top Overall Physician Practice Vendor. Galen Healthcare Solutions was named the top Overall IT Services Firm. The Chartis Group earned the award of top Overall Healthcare Management Consulting Firm, edging out last year’s winner,
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HealthTensor Secures $5M to Scale AI-Powered Medical Diagnosis Platform
What You Should Know:
- HealthTensor, an LA-based startup that uses AI to ensure no medical diagnoses are overlooked, has raised $5 million to scale operations.
- To date, HealthTensor has helped physicians write more than 2,000 notes and has identified overlooked medical conditions in 95% of cases.
HealthTensor, an LA-based artificial intelligence digital health startup that is creating software to help augment medical decision making, announced today that it has raised a $5 million
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Nuance Sells Off Transcription and EHR-Go-Live Businesses to DeliverHealth
What You Should Know:
- Nuance announced that it’s planning to sell two sections of its healthcare business – Health Information Management (HIM) and Electronic Health Record (EHR) Go-Live Services to a new independent company, called DeliverHealth, in early 2021.
- Nuance will be a minority shareholder of DeliverHealth
and continue to provide its technology to the company.
Nuance
Communications, Inc., today announced the planned sale
of the Health Information Management (HIM)
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Remote Medical Documentation Startup Augmedix Closes $25M, Reverse Merger with Malo Holding
What You Should Know:
- Augmedix closes $25 million in private placement
funding and completion of a reverse merger transaction with Malo Holdings Corp.
- Following the transaction, the merged entity will be
named "Augmedix, Inc.", and will continue the historic and innovative
business of Augmedix.
Augmedix, a company
specializing in providing remote medical documentation and live clinical
support services, today announced the closing of a $25 million private
placement
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How Will FY2020 IPPS Proposed Rule Affect Hospital CDI Programs?
In April, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the fiscal year (FY) 2020 inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) proposed rule. The proposed rule notably includes approximately 1,500 complications or comorbidities (CC)/major complications or comorbidities (MCC) designation changes and 324 changes to International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10-CM codes, along with several other updates. The designation changes are an effort to respond to the notion that the
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Baystate Health Taps Artifact Health to Streamline Physician Query Process
Baystate Health, a not-for-profit integrated healthcare system serving over 800,000 people throughout western Massachusetts has selected Artifact Health's mobile query solution to improve workflow for its clinicians and expedite the accurate coding of patient records. Artifact will be rolled out as part of Baystate Health’s strategy to expand Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) initiatives across its health system.Transforming Time-Consuming Physician Query ProcessTraditionally, the query
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