- 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- The platform uses AI to help providers fix outdated and inefficient billing processes -- helping hospitals that are struggling financially, as well as helping patients avoid issues like surprise medical bills,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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Analysis: January 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 January 2020.
Ten years into the bull market, we operate in a heightened state of awareness for any indication of market weakness that may signal a downturn. While debt levels are rising and GDP growth somewhat sluggish, the world of private equity, public equity, and M&A continues to be in full swing bull
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XIFIN Introduces Transformative AI-Enabled Revenue Cycle Platform
- The latest version of XIFIN’s flagship RCM platform optimizes cash collections, enables real-time connectivity and error correction, and provides enhanced self-service for patients and physicians.- Unlike other RCM systems that require manual efforts once the claims are denied, XIFIN RPM 11 reduces costs and delivers denials and appeals process automation, including automatic generation of payor-specific appeal forms and appeal letters.Today’s diagnostic laboratory leaders face more challenges
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R1 Expands Physician Practice Footprint with District Medical Group
- R1 recently announced an expansion of their revenue cycle management services to the medical group market; it has announced that District Medical Group (DMG) is the first partner in this new offering.- R1 was selected to improve the financial performance, support significant growth and navigate complex payment models, allowing DMG to focus on providing top-quality care to patients while making their organization more nimble, transparent and profitable both in the short and long-term.R1 RCM
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KLAS Names Epic, Pivot Point, Accenture Overall Best in KLAS 2020
- Epic was named the top Overall Software Suite for the tenth consecutive year in the Best in KLAS 2020 Software & Services report. - Pivot Point Consulting, a Vaco Company, was named the top Overall IT Services Firm, edging out last year’s winner, Impact Advisors. - Accenture earned the award of top Overall Healthcare Management Consulting Firm.Today, KLAS Research announced released their annual Best in KLAS Software & Services that recognizes the leading vendors for solutions,
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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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Medsphere Raises $40M to Expand Suite of SaaS EHR & RCM Solutions
- Medsphere raises $40M in preferred equity investment to fund the expansion of efficient, flexible, subscription-based software solutions. - Medsphere has grown subscription revenue by over 400% using a combination of organic growth and accretive acquisitions, achieving a compounded annual growth rate of over 50%. Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of efficient and interoperable healthcare information technology (IT) software solutions, and services, today announced new $40
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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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RUSH Taps R1 for End-to-End Revenue Cycle Management, Value-Based Care Innovation Lab
- R1 RCM and Rush University Medical Center (RUSH) announce a new end-to-end revenue cycle management partnership to achieve revenue cycle performance excellence and accelerate innovation in healthcare. - The two will also collaborate to launch an innovation lab that will focus on delivering value-based care, incorporating advanced analytics to help to educate other healthcare institutions and preparing the healthcare workforce of the future. Rush University System for Health (RUSH) has
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