Waystar, a provider of cloud-based revenue cycle technology has released an industry survey examining today’s state of the patient financial experience. In the first half of 2019, Waystar surveyed 1,000 consumers about their last hospital encounter and their experience with the hospital business office. The study, "The Patient Financial Experience: Consumer Attitudes and Behavior," reveals that the biggest barriers to a positive patient financial experience are lack of understanding around
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Nordic Expands Beyond Epic With New Cerner Solutions Business Line
Healthcare IT consulting firm Nordic continues its expansion beyond Epic consulting with the launch of a new Cerner Solutions business line to meet the needs of healthcare organizations. The new business line reflects Nordic’s long-term strategy of expanding its offerings beyond Epic consulting to meet the needs of its clients, including advisory services, performance improvement, ERP Solutions, and Managed Services. Nordic acquired The Claro Group's revenue cycle management (RCM) transformation
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4 Reasons Why Healthcare Executives Are Less Eager to Invest in Health IT
Stephanie Kovalick, Chief Strategy Officer at Sage Growth Partners
Hospital and health system C-suite executives recognize that technology will play a central role in helping their organizations meet quality and cost objectives. Yet that’s not necessarily translating to a market that’s more fruitful for health IT companies. In fact, if your healthcare system is taking a more conservative approach to health IT investments in 2019, it’s not alone.
A recent survey of 100 C-suite leaders
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Research: July Digital Health IPOs, M&A Activity, Public Company Performance Summary
Summary of Health IT/digital IPOs, merger & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of July.
Digital Health IPOs in July
Source: Healthcare Growth Partners (HGP)
Breaking the digital health IPO drought, there were four initial public offerings (IPOs) during a five-week period from late June to late July, including Livongo, Health Catalyst, Phreesia, and Change Healthcare. The last health IT companies to reach IPO were iRhythym Technologies and
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M&A: PE-Backed Guidehouse Acquires Navigant Consulting for $1.1B
Guidehouse (formerly PwC’s US Public Sector business), a portfolio company of private equity firm Veritas Capital has acquired global management consulting firm Navigant Consulting, Inc. for approximately $1.1 billion. The newly combined entity will bring together each organization’s strong expertise in highly regulated industries across both the commercial and government sectors, with a focus on supporting client needs in the industries of Healthcare, Financial Services, Energy, National
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DAS Health Acquires Health IT and Medical Billing Conglomerate
DAS Health, an industry leader in health IT and management, announced today it completed the acquisition of a Milwaukee-based healthcare solutions conglomerate, including WRT Specialties, Inc., Easy PC Solutions, LLC, EasyMed Billing, LLC and Houston-based Systech Solutions. This follows DAS’ acquisition of Houston-based Altex Business Solutions earlier this year, and three Chicago-based companies at the end of 2018. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.DAS Health Growth
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OHSU to Implement Kyruus ProviderMatch to Improve Patient Access
OHSU in Portland, Oregon, a nationally distinguished research organization, announced it will implement Kyruus ProviderMatch platform to enhance patient access to providers and services across the OHSU health system.Comprehensive Provider DirectoryOHSU is building a comprehensive provider directory with KyruusOne®, Kyruus’ robust provider data management platform. The platform will enable the health system to unify disparate data sources and develop detailed profiles with direct engagement from
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CMS Launches Pilot to Give Clinicians Direct Access to Claims Data
New CMS Pilot program gives clinicians direct access to claims data, putting patients over paperwork and at the center of their care.Today, at the White House Blue Button Developers Conference (BBDC), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new pilot program for clinicians called “Data at the Point of Care” (DPC). DPC is based on an industry-standard application programming interface (API), and is part of the MyHealthEData Administration-wide initiative that is
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HIM Provider Ciox Health Lands $30M to Expand Health Data Repository
Ciox Health, a provider of health information management solutions has raised $30 million in equity investment capital led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (Merck GHIF) and private equity owner New Mountain Capital. Every record represents a real person. Each data point is a potential game-changer in someone’s life: a connection to be understood and acted upon. Ciox rapidly and securely facilitates access to clinical records on behalf of its healthcare provider customers, enabling
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Largest Physician-Led Radiology Practice Radiology Partners Lands $700M
Radiology Partners, (RP), the largest physician-led and physician-owned radiology practice in the U.S. with 1400 radiologists supporting more than 1000 hospitals across 21 states, today announced that Starr Investment Holdings (SIH) has invested approximately $700M of long-duration capital in the practice to support its continued growth, including future practice and hospital system partnerships, as well as investments in clinically-focused technology and innovation. RP physicians are also
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