The annual survey from Kyruus Highlights patient access trends & opportunities for health systems to differentiate with a comprehensive and cohesive patient access strategy. Within a relatively short number of years, patient experience has become a top priority for many healthcare organizations as consumerism continue to grow in healthcare. However, with so many players involved in delivering patient care, health systems are at a disadvantage relative to organizations in other industries
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Patient Access in Healthcare | Revenue Cycle Management
Today’s Behavioral Health Providers are Failing: Why Data Analytics is the Solution
Today, behavioral health is more important than ever. Major news outlets, from The New York Times to The Wall Street Journal, constantly cover the mental health epidemics wracking the nation, be it widespread opioid abuse or the steady, upward creep of suicide and self-harm.Spurred on by the scope and severity of these societal problems (as well as new legislation passed to address them), the behavioral health sector has grown exponentially. Yet this field is not without its problems: despite
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Patientco Lands $28M to Reimagine the Patient Financial Experience
Patientco latest Series B funding fuels expansion of patient billing and payments technology platform focused on creating a smarter patient financial experiencePatientco, an Atlanta, GA-based next-generation patient billing and payments technology company has raised $28 million in Series B funding led by private equity firm Accel-KKR. The round also included participation from BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners / Sandbox Advantage Fund. Patientco plans to use the funding to accelerate expand
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Solving the Patient Access Labor Supply Challenge
Providers are struggling to stay profitable while also striving to keep patient satisfaction from being negatively impacted. Denials are on an upward trend, payors are becoming tighter around what is demanded of the providers, and patients are being squeezed to pay more out-of-pocket with the ongoing shift to self-pay and high-deductible plans.What many may not realize is that these financial challenges rear their head from the moment the patient walks through the door or schedules an
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The Often-Overlooked Role of Provider Data Management in Population Health
Editor’s Note: Erin Jospe, MD is the Chief Medical Officer at Kyruus, a leader in provider search and scheduling solutions, helping health systems optimize patient access enterprise-wide.Health systems today have access to a tremendous amount of data with which to understand their patient populations better. The population health movement represents a paradigm shift away from merely generating data, to now harnessing it as a means through which to understand the factors and determinants
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Partners HealthCare Expands Use of Kyruus’ Patient Access Solutions
Partners HealthCare is expanding its use of Kyruus’ patient access solutions to improve the patient experience across all its entities, and to ensure patients can gain access to Partners’ world-class network of providers.Partners originally started working with Kyruus in 2014 to help power its online find-a-doc solution. Now, Partners is expanding its use of Kyruus to develop a robust provider directory to help patients find the right provider based on a wide range of criteria, including
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Revenue Cycle: Why Patient Segmentation Is Key to Mitigating Financial Risk
With technology continuing to advance, making healthcare internet platforms easier to navigate, patients are becoming savvy consumers who increasingly are shopping for the healthcare they want to receive. Emerging trends, such as higher insurance deductibles and regulatory requirements for upfront estimates, are driving this trend, underscoring the role of patient access to move beyond the “one size fits all” mentality to address these fundamental changes.Traditionally, patients have had limited
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USF Taps Kyruus to Optimize Patient-Provider Matching
Kyruus announced today that USF Health at the University of South Florida has selected the company’s ProviderMatch solutions to improve patient access and optimize patient-provider matching to deliver an enhanced patient and provider satisfaction. As USF Health is a growing academic medical center, Kyruus’ technology will help streamline access center operations and ensure patients are being matched to the most clinically appropriate provider based on their unique preferences. Situated in an
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CareCloud Launches Pay-Per-Visit Telemedicine Solution for Physician Practices
CareCloud, a practice management platform for medical groups has announced the launch of their new fully integrated pay-per-visit telemedicine solution. The integrated solution features a fully integrated solution that includes built-in insurance eligibility checking and scheduling tools, a unique pay-per-visit pricing model, and one-click activation. Simplifying clinical workflows, this approach to telemedicine seamlessly connects the dots between efficient practice management and secure video
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Kyruus Launches ProviderMatch Analytics With Real-Time Patient Access Insights for Health Systems
Kyruus, a provider search and scheduling solutions for health systems, today announced the launch of the latest version of ProviderMatch Analytics, an in-app reporting solution that delivers enterprise-wide patient access insights. Specifically, the solution helps health systems track real-time patient access channel trends, improve access center performance, and optimize their provider networks to enable data-driven decision making related to access. ProviderMatch Analytics gives health system
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