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Payment Integrity: Is AI The Real Answer to Reducing Overutilization?

by Doug Williams, Chief Operating Officer at HMS 11/06/2019 Leave a Comment

How AI is making unnecessary testing a thing of the past

Some experts estimate that $200 billion is wasted each year on unnecessary or excessive medical testing and treatment. This could be up to 40% of the unnecessary spending in the system today.  Despite the extreme focus to reduce the total amount spent on healthcare, why does extensive spending on unnecessary or excessive tests or procedures continue? The easy answer is because it is often difficult to spot what is unnecessary or excessive. There are certainly moments when overutilization of
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Fueling EHR Innovation by Outsourcing e-Prescribing Development

by G. Cameron Deemer, President of DrFirst 11/05/2019 Leave a Comment

Fueling EHR Innovation by Outsourcing e-Prescribing Development

Health IT software – and EHRs in particular – are widely criticized for their inefficient workflows and unfriendly user interfaces. Unhappy end-users may blame EHR vendors for failing to deliver great software, perhaps not realizing that health IT companies struggle to balance limited financial and human resources and must choose between meeting ever-changing regulatory demands and creating innovative updates that improve the user experience.  Consider this: every year, vendors must make dozens
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Q/A: Life Image CEO Matthew Michela Talks Data Sharing Challenges in Breast Imaging

by Erica Garvin 10/31/2019 Leave a Comment

Life Image CEO Talks Matthew Michela Creating Easier Access to Breast Imaging Data

- President and CEO Matthew Michela talk about how Life Image is creating easier access to breast imaging data while also solving some of data sharing’s biggest snags. Interoperability—it’s the long-awaited result that evolving HIT promised to bring with it, and yet, it still gets left behind. Disparate data is not a problem exclusive to one data type or innovation; breast imaging, for example, has created some of the toughest challenges. However, there is now an app for that. Life Image,
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Livongo Teams Up with MDLIVE & Doctor On Demand to Offer Telehealth Services

by Jasmine Pennic 10/28/2019 Leave a Comment

State of Connecticut Launches of Livongo for Diabetes Management Program through State Health Plan

- Livongo announced a partnership with telehealth companies MDLIVE and Doctor On Demand to enable access to virtual acute and primary care services for people living with chronic conditions. - Livongo will begin by offering telehealth within the Livongo for Behavioral Health solution in January 2020 and will soon expand to additional use cases including medication management for diabetes, hypertension, and other opportunities to effectively close gaps in care. Livongo Health, an Applied Health
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eSolutions Acquires Medidal to Strengthen Its Position in Hospital Revenue Recovery

by Fred Pennic 10/27/2019 Leave a Comment

eSolutions Acquires Medidal to Strengthen Its Position in Hospital Revenue Recovery

- eSolutions acquires Medidal, a provider of Transfer DRG, Payer Search, and Pharmacy Reimbursement solutions for an undisclosed sum. - As healthcare reimbursement challenges continue to increase, eSolutions adds to its revenue cycle expertise with new capabilities that ensure providers are paid accurately. eSolutions, an Overland Park, KS-based healthcare technology company working to strengthen providers’ revenue health, announced that it has acquired Medidal, a provider of Transfer DRG, Payer
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How to Build A Tech-Enabled Flu Immunization Program That Works

by Andrew Reeves, COO at BioIQ 10/25/2019 Leave a Comment

How to Build A Tech-Enabled Flu Immunization Program That Works

While the weather is warm, preventing the flu is usually not top of mind for most healthcare consumers. But for health plans, it’s never too early to start planning for the impending 2019-2020 season. Ideally, people will be vaccinated in the early fall, allowing sufficient time to build antibodies before the season is in full swing.  One of the challenges faced by health plans is designing a flu immunization program that addresses the low vaccination rates for adults in the U.S. Among adults
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BCBS Kansas City to Offer Livongo for Diabetes Program to All Fully Insured Clients

by Fred Pennic 10/17/2019 Leave a Comment

UCSF Launches SUGAR Clinical Trial Study to Compare Livongo’s Diabetes Management Program to Standard Diabetes Care

- Livongo announced an expanded partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City to provide Livongo for Diabetes program to all Blue KC fully insured clients. - Blue KC was an early Livongo adopter and this expansion provides momentum as we continue to expand from working primarily with self-insured employers to broader markets including fully insured populations of our health plan clients.Livongo Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: LVGO), an Applied Health Signals company empowering people with
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Northwell Health Extends Contract with Allscripts Sunrise Platform Through 2027

by Fred Pennic 10/16/2019 Leave a Comment

Northwell Health Extends Contract with Allscripts Sunrise Platform Through 2027

- Northwell Health extends its contract with Allscripts Sunrise inpatient platform through December 2027. - Running on one instance of the Allscripts Sunrise EHR platform enables Northwell to ensure thousands of clinicians can easily access consistent patient clinical information.Northwell Health, the largest health system in New York state has extended its engagement with Allscripts to stay on Allscripts Sunrise inpatient electronic health record (EHR) platform through December 2027. Northwell
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CVS Health to Invest $2.5M to Build Healthier Communities in Ohio

by Fred Pennic 10/16/2019 Leave a Comment

CVS Health to Invest $2.5M to Build Healthier Communities in Ohio

- CVS Health announced it will invest $2.5M over the next three years to build healthier communities across the state of Ohio. - Investments will support key initiatives across Ohio including increasing access to healthcare, preventing prescription opioid misuse and supporting tobacco-free living for at-risk populations. CVS Health, today announced it and its private charity will be donating more than $2.5 million in Ohio over the next three years to improve the health and wellness of
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Philips Inks First-Ever Telehealth Pilot with VA to Give Veterans Access to Virtual Care

by Jasmine Pennic 10/16/2019 Leave a Comment

Philips Inks First-Ever Telehealth Pilot with VA to Give Veterans Access to Virtual Care

- For the first time ever, U.S. Veterans will be able to receive U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) health services at their local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) or American Legion (Legion) Posts through a multi-site pilot program dubbed ATLAS (Accessing Telehealth through Local Area Stations).- This first-of-its-kind telehealth initiative is the product of an alliance between the VFW, VA, Philips and The American Legion, which allows Veterans to conduct virtual appointments with their VA
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