St. Joseph’s Health Enhances Provider Communications with careMESH’s Healthcare Directory and User-Friendly Messaging Services
New Jersey-based St. Joseph’s Health partners with careMESH to significantly expand the health system’s clinical communications reach to all community physicians, including digital access to electronic medical records. Using careMESH, St. Joseph’s will focus on several key areas, including:
Streamlining external communications with community physiciansReducing
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Medical Coding Market to Reach $15.3B by 2033, Report Finds
What You Should Know:
- The medical coding market is estimated to secure a valuation of $ 6.7B in 2023 and is estimated to rise to $15.3B by 2033 at a CAGR of 8.6% during the 2023 to 2033 forecast period, according to a new Future Market Insights report.
- The increasing availability of a large number of medical coding service providers and the rising adoption rate of advanced healthcare solutions like electronic health records (EHRs), revenue cycle management (RCM) software, and mobile
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Catholic Care Center to Deploy Medsphere’s Wellsoft EHR and RCM Cloud Solutions
What You Should Know:
- Medsphere Systems Corporation announced that Catholic Care Center of Bel Aire, Kansas, a Wichita suburb, will open a new senior behavioral health hospital with the company’s Wellsoft electronic health record (EHR) and RCM Cloud revenue cycle management solutions.
- Medsphere’s Wellsoft EHR solution supports comprehensive care across behavioral health, urgent, and emergency care environments. The company’s RCM Cloud solution is
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OpenLoop Secures $15M for White-Label Telehealth Support
What You Should Know:
- OpenLoop, a leader in white-label telehealth support services powering virtual and hybrid care across the country, today announced it has raised a $15M Series A funding.
- The round was led by Nava Ventures, with participation from new investors UnityPoint Health Ventures and PrimeTime Ventures, and existing investors SpringTide Ventures and ManchesterStory. The company also announced a new nationwide insurance payer network that allows clients to offer reimbursable
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Tegria RCM Rebrands as Acclara
What You Should Know:
- Tegria, a leading healthcare technology consulting and services company, announced today that Tegria RCM, its division dedicated to revenue cycle management (RCM), will operate under the Acclara brand effective immediately.
- The rebrand is part of Tegria RCM's strategic focus on expanding its revenue cycle services capabilities and marks a major milestone for the organization. The Acclara name gives the team the opportunity to build on the division's strong
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AGS Acquires Offshore Patient Access BPO Unit from Availity
What You Should Know:
- AGS Health, a provider for tech-enabled revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions announces the acquisition of the India-based patient access outsourcing business unit of the Florida-based healthcare technology company Availity.
- With more than half of U.S. hospitals anticipating a year of negative margins, achieving full and accurate reimbursement for services has never been more critical. With this expansion, AGS Health is positioned to provide faster, more
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Epic, Impact Advisors, Nordic, Chartis Named 2023 Overall Best in KLAS® Awards
What You Should Know:
Epic, Nordic, Impact Advisors and The Chartis Group won the 2023 Overall Best in KLAS® awards. Epic was named the top Overall Software Suite for the thirteenth straight year in 2023 Best in KLAS – Software & Services report, released, which reports on the top vendors for 2022. Epic was also named the top Overall Physician Practice Vendor. Epic won thirteen other Best in KLAS awards in various market segments.
- Impact Advisors tied with Nordic to be a
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5 Must-Have Features for AI Platforms in RCM
A healthy, stable revenue cycle is crucial to every healthcare organization’s success. However, managing the revenue cycle takes experienced coders, complete documentation, and timely resolution of denials.
Administrative processes account for about 30% of U.S. healthcare costs, which means that all areas of a patient encounter, from check-in to billing and claims, are potential targets to obtain greater efficiency.
In the past 20 years or so, computer-assisted coding (CAC) has become
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M&A: Alpine Investors Acquires RCM Services Provider Medusind
What You Should Know:
- Alpine Investors, a people-driven private equity fund, announced that it has acquired Medusind, a provider of revenue cycle management services to the healthcare industry.
- Jose Rivero, an Alpine CEO-in-Residence and part of the firm’s PeopleFirst program, has assumed the role of CEO of Medusind. Terms of the private transaction were not disclosed.
Medusind Background
Founded in 2002, Medusind provides deep expertise and powerful revenue cycle
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Midsize/Large Practice Management 2022: Which Vendors Stand Out in an Established Market?
What You Should Know:
- Most practice management (PM) solutions have a long tenure in the market, yet not all vendors successfully meet practices’ needs—which include strong technology and a vendor who acts as a partner in customer success. Historically, KLAS has split PM data by midsize (11–75 physicians) and large practices (76+ physicians); however, independent practices (clinics not owned by a hospital/health system) and owned practices (clinics owned by a hospital/health system) also
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