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Hospitals Are Failing to Meet New Moms’ Expectations for Digital Health, Xealth Survey Finds

by Jasmine Pennic 03/05/2020 Leave a Comment

What You Need to Know: - Hospitals are failing to meet new moms’ expectations for digital health services from their healthcare providers, according to a new Xealth survey. - Conducted among nearly 1,000 U.S. women who are new or expectant mothers, a majority (53%) who are familiar with digital health see online information as a key factor in choosing a hospital.  Xealth, a Seattle, WA-based provider enabling digital health at scale, announced recent survey findings that examine the
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Waystar Launches AI/RPA Platform to Automate Revenue Cycle Processes

by Jasmine Pennic 02/24/2020 Leave a Comment

Waystar Launches AI-Powered Platform to Automate Revenue Cycle Processes

- Waystar Launches Hubble, an artificial intelligence and automation platform, Hubble that automates revenue cycle processes to help providers collect payment faster and more effectively. - The platform uses AI to help providers fix outdated and inefficient billing processes -- helping hospitals that are struggling financially, as well as helping patients avoid issues like surprise medical bills, by improving accuracy and price transparency.  Waystar, a Chicago, IL-based provider of
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How Software Solutions Can Help ASCs Maximize the Revenue Cycle in 2020

by Tara Vail, Chief Operating Officer, HST Pathways 01/09/2020 Leave a Comment

How Software Solutions Can Help ASCs Maximize the Revenue Cycle

In the modern health care environment, health care executives must be careful custodians of precious resources. Yet in December 2018, 26 percent of hospitals still lacked an effective healthcare revenue cycle solution. Other research has found that over 60 percent of hospitals and health systems are not realizing optimal value from their electronic health record (EHR ) system, causing the organizations to collaborate with other vendors and outsourcing companies to improve revenue cycle
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Executive Insights: Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2020

by Fred Pennic 12/31/2019 Leave a Comment

Executive Insights: Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2020

As we close out the year, we asked several healthcare industry executives to share their predictions and trends for 2020. Robbie Hughes, Founder, and CEO, Lumeon “Following the announcement of the Trump administration's price transparency requirement – and the ensuing backlash from hospital groups – the issue of price transparency will dominate the healthcare industry next year. Regardless of the outcome of the lawsuit, I expect we'll see more attention around the importance of the
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DrFirst’s Patent-Pending AI-Based Tech Solves Major Hurdles to Medication Reconciliation

by Jasmine Pennic 12/19/2019 Leave a Comment

Key Dates to Maximize Meaningful Use and MIPAA Incentive Payments Infographic

- DrFirst announced a pending patent for AI technology today that breaks down the “prescription language barriers” between different EHRs – a crucial step in the process to avoid adverse drug events – solving a once intractable problem faced by hospitals.  - The new U.S. patented tech uses an advanced approach for applying AI to unstructured medical information to process free text into appropriate data fields of the EHRs, infer missing prescription elements based on context, and convert free
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Analysis: November 2019 Health IT M&A Activity, Public Company Performance

by Healthcare Growth Partners (HGP) 12/06/2019 Leave a Comment

Analysis: November 2019 Health IT M&A Activity, Public Company Performance

– Healthcare Growth Partners' (HGP) summary of Health IT/digital health mergers & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of November 2019We did a doubletake when we noticed all of the HGP healthcare indices climbed approximately 10% during the month of November.  Year-to-date, the S&P 500 is up over 25% and the HGP healthcare indices are all hovering in that range.  In the two month period since September, when talk of universal healthcare reached
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Waystar Acquires AI-Powered Revenue Cycle Platform Recondo Technology

by Fred Pennic 12/04/2019 Leave a Comment

Waystar Acquires Recondo Technology

- Waystar acquires Recondo Technology, a provider of revenue cycle automated solutions powered by robotic process automated (RPA). - Recondo brings additional artificial intelligence and machine-learning technologies to Waystar’s broad portfolio of solutions.- With new capabilities, improved data efficacy and a larger team, Waystar can help healthcare organizations consolidate vendors and capture more revenue.Waystar, a provider of revenue cycle technology, today announced the acquisition of
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Can Consumer Price Transparency in Healthcare Live Up to the Hype?

by Meg Koepke, Vice President of Strategy at NovuHealth 11/22/2019 Leave a Comment

Meg Koepke, Vice President of Strategy at NovuHealth

There has been a lot of discussion in recent weeks and months about price transparency in healthcare. The idea is simple—payers and providers reveal the rates they pay or charge for health services in order to help consumers make better choices. Despite the hype surrounding price transparency, it will undoubtedly come with a whole set of realities and limitations—there are a variety of factors that go into setting prices, and in many cases, the prices that get posted don’t reflect the price
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RCM: Getting the Most from Your State’s All-Payer Claims Database

by Samir Panchal, Consultant, Freed Associates 11/18/2019 Leave a Comment

RCM: Getting the Most from Your State’s All-Payer Claims Database

This past year, California became the latest (and largest) state to legislatively mandate an all-payer claims database (APCD). As the name implies, an APCD is a statewide repository of all claims information from a state’s health care payers, including both commercial and government. The intent of an APCD is to help policymakers and others better understand the drivers of health care use and costs and spot usage trends across networks, facilities, and geographies. An APCD could also help assess
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Price Transparency: Why Hospitals Need to Focus On Understanding Their Data

by Tara Bradley, Chief Operating Officer, Vitalware 11/12/2019 Leave a Comment

Price Transparency: Why Hospitals Need to Focus On Understanding Their Data

This year, hospital price transparency took a front seat after CMS issued a new set of rules and requirements. While they haven’t been written into law just yet, these rules will help set a framework for the kinds of requirements that are likely to become standard soon. With that in mind, now is the time to begin preparing for the inevitable. Creating a proactive response to the new changes as well as the evolving competitive environment and expected a response from consumers is essential for
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