Advocare, LLC (“Advocare”), a physician-owned and physician governed multi-specialty medical group, today announced that it will replace GE Centricity with eClinicalWorks EHR and revenue cycle management platform. eClinicalWorks cloud-centric platform V11 will provide Advocare, one of the largest independent health systems, with the latest evolution of the core EHR to streamline and improve overall efficiency and communications and encourage preventive care for its patients. Advocare has nearly
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Cognizant Acquires Bolder Healthcare Solutions to Expand Revenue Cycle Management Services
Cognizant today announced it has agreed to acquire Bolder Healthcare Solutions, Louisville, KY-based provider of revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions to hospitals, physician practices and other specialist healthcare organizations in the United States. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2018.RCM software and processes integrate and automate healthcare administrative and medical data to ensure benefit eligibility and
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MU Health Care to Implement Cerner Revenue Cycle Management Across 5 Hospitals
University of Missouri Health Care, in Columbia, has selected Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, to help manage revenue cycle performance across its five hospitals and more than 50 primary and specialty care clinics.MU Health Care will soon integrate Cerner’s registration, scheduling, patient accounting and practice management solutions and transaction services with its existing electronic health record (EHR), Cerner Millennium. The integration of clinical and financial data will
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Presence Health Taps R1 RCM for End-to-End Revenue Cycle Management
R1 RCM Inc., a provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle management (RCM) services to healthcare providers, today announced that Presence Health based in Chicago, Illinois has selected R1 to provide its end-to-end RCM services across the Presence Health system’s acute care hospitals and physician care settings.Presence Health has more than 150 locations in Illinois, including 10 hospitals. As part of the anticipated agreement to manage Presence Health’s $2.2B annual net patient revenue,
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Navicure, ZirMed Rebrands As Waystar for End-to-End Revenue Cycle Technology
Revenue cycle management providers Navicure and ZirMed, who merged in November 2017, today announced the re-branding of the combined organization under the new name Waystar. The rebranded company Waystar simplifies and unifies the healthcare revenue cycle with innovative technology that empowers clients to collect more with less cost and less stress, so they can focus on their goals, patients, and communities.Waystar brings together the two rev cycle organizations that offers cloud-based,
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Intermountain, R1 RCM Expands Enterprise Revenue Cycle Management Partnership
Today, R1 RCM announced an expanded partnership with Intermountain Healthcare to be the exclusive RCM provider across all Intermountain patient care sites, including inpatient and preventative care settings. The expanded relationship enables the transformation of Intermountain’s revenue cycle process for RCM performance improvement, cost savings and other positive impacts to efficiencies, but more importantly to the patient experience. Intermountain will rely on R1 to provide and manage the full
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Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management Software Market to Reach $43.3B by 2022
The global market for healthcare revenue cycle management software is estimated to reach $43.3B by the end of 2022, increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.9%, according to a recent report by Future Market Insights (FMI). The report anticipates the market-to-market positive growth over the coming years, on account of the increasing cumulative patient revenue, improvement payment collection & billing efficiency and recognition of profit . From hospitals to independent
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Rev Cycle Startup Cedar Launches With $13M for Data-Driven Patient Payment Solution
Revenue cycle management-focused startup Cedar has announced its entry into the health IT market with a new data-driven patient payment solution. Supported by $13M in Series A funding, the Cedar platform, which powers solutions for hospitals, health systems and medical groups, delivers modern intelligence to alleviate collections challenges, improve billing operations and ensure a personalized billing experience for patients.A Data-Driven Payment Solution for Hospitals and Medical GroupsToday,
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PatientPay Secures $6M to Expand Patient Payments Platform for Specialty Care
PatientPay, a Raleigh-Durham, NC-based provider of patient payments for specialty care has secured $6 million in growth capital led by Teaghlach Family Office and existing investors, including Mosaik Partners. The revenue cycle-focused company plans to use the funding for an 85 percent company expansion in 2018, primarily in staffing and product development. The investment round stems directly from the need to grow quickly and meet healthcare demand for better patient payments methods and
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HealthiPASS Raises $7.2M for Patient-Centric Digital Payments Platform
HealthiPASS, a Chicago-based healthcare payments company, today announced it has raised a $7.2 million in Series A funding round, led by FCA Venture Partners. The round also included participation from OCA Ventures, Healthy Ventures, HealthX Ventures, Waterline Ventures and a small group of strategic investors. As high deductible health plans become more and more prevalent and patient out of pocket burden continues to increase, HealthiPASS simplifies the payments experience for both patients
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