Ambulatory EHR provider e-MDs announced it has finalized the acquisition of several ambulatory software assets from McKesson Business Performance Services in a move to boost its market share in the ambulatory EHR space. These McKesson assets include McKesson Practice Choice™, Medisoft®, Medisoft® Clinical, Lytec®, Lytec® MD, and Practice Partner®. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition establishes e-MDs as a top 5 provider in the ambulatory healthcare market,
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McKesson Unveils Cloud-based Ecosystem for Medical Review & Authorization
McKesson Corporation today announced the launch of InterQual Connect™, a cloud-based medical review service with authorization connectivity for payers and providers. InterQual Connect works with the same care management systems and InterQual Criteria they already use, making it fast, easy, and cost-effective to implement and deploy.
Today the total cost of an authorization is between $35 and $100 when faxes, denials, appeals, and other aspects are considered, according to McKesson research.
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Commonwell Expands Cross-Vendor Interoperability to Post-Acute Market
CommonWell Health Alliance is expanding its cross-vendor interoperability services to the post-acute market with vendors Brightree, Cerner and McKesson among the first CommonWell members committed to deploying these services nationwide in 2016. The not-for-profit association is the first and only national network to facilitate patient-centric identification, record location and query and retrieval of clinical chart data, planned to expand the reach of its services to enable real-world exchange
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New Partnership Allows Pharmacy Patients To Receive Digital Coupons for Meds
Mobile pharmacy platform mscripts and McKesson Patient Relationship Solutions (MPRS), a provider of pharmaceutical manufacturer-sponsored patient adherence programs are entering an exclusive partnership dedicated to empowering patients with medication cost-savings and personalized adherence support to better manage their health.
Unlike current in-market mobile coupon messaging that is delivered directly from the pharmaceutical manufacturer, this new-to-market solution allows
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Healthcare Analytics Market to Reach $18.7B by 2020
The global healthcare analytics market is expected to reach $18.7 Billion by 2020 from $5.8 Billion in 2015, according to a new market research report by MarketsandMarkets. Among end users, the healthcare providers segment is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during this forecast period. The demand in this market is highly driven by federal mandates such as the implementation of EHRs and ICD-10 code sets, shift towards value-based medicine, and the increased focus on quality care and reduced
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Report:Physician Employment – Keys to Success for Hospital Financial Leaders
Educational report by McKesson Revenue Management Solutions reviews how practice acquisitions are a growing imperative for financial leaders. Hospital leaders increasingly view physician employment as a strategic necessity
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Infographic:The 20 Most Popular EMR Solutions
Infographic of the 20 most popular EMR solutions created by Capterra, Inc.
Very interesting infographic that was created by Capterra solutions from examining the EMR software companies listed in their EMR Software Directory. From there, Capterra narrowed down the list by looking at web data for each of the vendors, including Alexa rankings, Compete traffic, and Google searches. While none of these are perfect indicators of popularity (particularly for B2B websites), the data gave them a way of
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