Quorum Health Corporation, an operator of general acute care hospitals and outpatient services has selected R1 RCM to provide end-to-end revenue cycle management services across Quorum Health’s portfolio of hospitals and outpatient centers. After conducting a competitive vendor selection, Quorum Health selected R1 and anticipates going live in the second half of 2019.Benefits for Quorum HealthR1’s platform integration with existing infrastructure is expected to improve revenue cycle operations
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Global Medical Billing Outsourcing Market to Reach $19.7B by 2026
The global medical billing outsourcing market size is projected to reach USD 19.7 billion by 2026 expanding at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.8%, according to a Grand View research report. The report reveals that revenue cycle management (RCM) is one of the most complex components of healthcare IT business driven by challenges in rising healthcare costs, market consolidation, an explosion in clinical documentation, and value-based care initiatives.Key Market Drivers for Global
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PE Firm Considering Options Including Sale of RCM Provider Waystar
Private multi-asset alternative investment firm Bain Capital is reportedly considering options including the potential sale of revenue cycle management (RCM) company Waystar, Bloomberg reports. In 2018, Bain rebranded RCM companies Navicure and ZirMed as Waystar after merging the two companies together in 2017. Waystar Sale Could Value Company At More Than $3BBain has started early-stage discussions about a potential sale that could value the business at more than $3 billion, according to
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Medsphere Launches Wellsoft Urgent Care EHR, PM/RCM Solution
Medsphere Systems Corporation, a provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare information technology (IT) solutions and services, today announced the launch of their new urgent care EHR solution, Wellsoft Urgent Care. The launch of Wellsoft Urgent Care comes just two months after Medsphere acquired Wellsoft, a Somerset, NJ-based Emergency Department (ED) EHR platform.Wellsoft Urgent Care EHR/PM/RCM Platform OverviewWellsoft Urgent Care’s cloud-based platform features advanced Electronic
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Telemedicine: A Potential Remedy to Rural Healthcare Ills?
Mary Tolan, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Chicago Pacific Founders
The symptoms are innocuous enough at first. They begin with simple fatigue; readily explainable by a day spent working under the hot sun. The thirst sets in next, then the persistent hunger. The farmer brushes his symptoms off as simple work-caused exhaustion, and rationalizes that anyone would be tired, hungry, and thirsty after a long day in the field - he's getting older, after all. He thinks little of it until his
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HIMSS19 Day 2 Announcements & Summary
Accenture: Millenials & Gen Z Are Shifting to Virtual, Retail, Clinic, Digital CareMillennial and Gen Z consumers in the U.S. are rapidly adopting non-traditional care models, such as retail clinics, virtual and digital services, according to results of an Accenture survey of 2,000 consumers.Key findings of the survey study include:- When considering traditional in-person care, millennials (ages 22 to 38 in 2019) were two to three times more likely than baby boomers (ages 55 to 73) to be
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Epic, Impact Advisors and Premier Named 2019 Overall Best in KLAS
Epic was named the top Overall Software Suite for the ninth consecutive year in the newly released Best in KLAS2019 Software & Services report. In addition to the overall software suite award, Epic was named the top Overall Physician Practice Vendor, won Best in KLASawards in nine segments, and won Category Leader awards in two segments. Understanding Best in KLAS Best in KLAS is based on information obtained from the 2,500 interviews KLAS conducts with providers and payers each
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3 Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management Drivers to Watch in 2018
One ageless trend emerging for 2018 is the quest of hospitals, larger carriers and clinics to identify new revenue streams; not just managing revenue cycles, but creating them. The healthcare industry is now looking at revenue which can be generated through the interoperability of Annual Wellness Visits (AWV), chronic care and service care transitions between physical and behavioral health services.Hospital systems and other healthcare facilities that can connect these services with technologies
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23% of U.S. Hospitals Plan to Invest in Patient Access Solutions for Eligibility
CapSite™ announces the release of the 2011 U.S. Patient Access Study. The study represents the latest in a series of CapSite strategic industry reports focused on the Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) market.The statistically significant study represents unique Voice of Customer (VOC) insight from more than 500 U.S. hospitals on the market opportunity, market share, vendor mind share and adoption of various Patient Access solutions
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