Once a long-shot, the idea of universal healthcare in the U.S. is inching closer to reality, particularly as many 2020 candidates promise an expedient implementation of a national federally-run program (or some version of it). Nearly half of doctors support a “Medicare for all” model, and while this won’t change the practice of medicine, it will greatly affect how those providers use technology to run their businesses.
This is particularly true for small- and medium-sized providers; large
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A Matter of Trust: 3 Tips for Outsourcing Out-of-Pocket Support
The cost of family health coverage topped $20,000 this year—as much as an economy car. As consumers shoulder higher out-of-pocket costs than ever, health systems are bracing for the impact.
A recent survey found that while 81 percent of healthcare leaders say rising consumer responsibility will affect revenue, leaders of larger organizations are even more concerned about the toll on finances:
- 33 percent of health system executives believe increased consumer responsibility will have a
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In-Depth Report: Will 2020 Signal the Death of Provider Referrals?
- The "death" of provider referrals is imminent as patients now prefer to use online resources 2x more than using traditional referrals to find a doctor, according to the newly released report by Doctor.com- Customer Experience Trends in Healthcare report reveals that the use of referrals to find a provider has declined by 44% since 2018.Doctor.com, a provider of critical infrastructure and integrations necessary to enable modern digital experiences for patients has released its annual “Customer
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BioIntelliSense Awarded FDA 510(k) Clearance for On-Body Sensor for Scalable Remote Care
- BioIntelliSense announces FDA clearance of the BioSticker, the first single-use medical device enabling 30 days of continuous vital signs monitoring. - The FDA-cleared BioSticker medical device is designed to be discreetly worn on the upper left chest for effortless remote data capture and a simplistic “stick it on and forget it” patient experience. BioIntelliSense, Inc., a continuous health monitoring and clinical intelligence company, today announces the U.S. commercial launch of its
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R1 Expands Revenue Cycle Management Offering to More Medical Groups
- R1 announced an expansion of its revenue cycle management services, making them available to large independent practices and hospital-owned groups.- Now groups beyond hospitals and health systems will be able to use R1’s industry-leading RCM tools designed to enable the best quality clinical care and financial expectation setting for even more patients.- This new slate of provider organizations and patients will also benefit from R1’s recent acquisition of SCI, offering access to the broadest
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Trinity Health ACO Delivers $22.4M in Share Shavings, 98% Quality Performance Score
- Trinity Health ACO achieved a nearly 98 percent quality performance score and $22.4 million in shared savings in the performance year 2018. The Next Generation ACO Model was created by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and is in its fourth year.- Trinity Health ACO provides coordinated care to patients in Illinois (Loyola Medicine), Michigan (Mercy Health – Michigan), New Jersey (Summit Medical Group) and Ohio (Mount Carmel Health System).Trinity Health ACO, a Next
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MiHIN Partners with CarePort Health to Improve Care Quality Statewide
- Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) is partnering with CarePort Health to lower costs of care, improve care quality and outcomes for Michigan’s state-wide patient population through better care coordination. - The partnership allows CarePort to leverage data flowing through MiHIN to provide higher quality data to participating payer and provider organizations, enabling more cost-effective management of patient populations. CarePort Health, a Boston, MA-based provider of
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Leveraging AI and Machine Learning to Advance Interoperability in Healthcare
(Left- Wilson To, Head of Worldwide Healthcare BD, Amazon Web Services (AWS) & Patrick Combes, Worldwide Technical Leader - Healthcare and Life Sciences at Amazon Web Services (AWS)- Right)Navigating the healthcare system is often a complex journey involving multiple physicians from hospitals, clinics, and general practices. At each junction, healthcare providers collect data that serve as pieces in a patient’s medical puzzle. When all of that data can be shared at each point, the puzzle is
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How Multi-Payer Portals Incent Providers to Better Manage Their Data
Mark Martin, Director of Payer Solutions for Availity
Value-based healthcare demands meaningful payer-provider collaboration. However, burdensome administrative processes and inefficient solutions stunt the ability of payers and providers to share data, manage risk, validate credentials, process claims, control costs and optimize the consumer experience.
These information bottlenecks are most acute in the area of provider data management (PDM). Each year, payers and providers spend more than
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R1 RCM Acquires Patient Engagement Company SCI Solutions for $190M in Cash
- R1 RCM announced the expansion of its tech platform capabilities through the acquisition of SCI Solutions, Inc (SCI). This acquisition enables healthcare providers to automate ordering, scheduling and authorization processes.
- SCI’s capabilities integrated into R1’s revenue cycle solution will offer the broadest and deepest tech-enabled patient intake solution available.
R1 RCM Inc, a provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle management (RCM) services to healthcare providers,
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