What You Should Know:
- More than 57 percent of health systems and hospitals have more than 100 open roles to fill across their operations, according to new AKASA survey where more than 400 healthcare finance leaders identified vacancies across their healthcare organizations and the revenue cycle.
- The findings reveal how insufficient staffing is hampering daily operations and pushing a strained workforce to the limit.
Combating Vacancies with AI-Powered Automation
Additionally, one
Read More
Revenue Cycle Management | News, Analysis, Insights - HIT Consultant
ScionHealth Signs 10-Year End-to-End RCM Partnership with R1 RCM
What You Should Know:
- Today, R1 RCM, a leading provider of technology-driven revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions, is announcing a 10-year end-to-end partnership with ScionHealth, a new Louisville-based health system comprising nearly 80 hospitals, to provide exclusive enterprise RCM services to its long-term acute care hospitals.
- ScionHealth joins healthcare systems including Ascension, Intermountain Healthcare, LifePoint Health, Penn State Health and more that have chosen R1 to
Read More
Cerner & AKASA Partner on AI-Powered Revenue Cycle Automation
What You Should Know:
- Health IT leader Cerner and AI developer for healthcare operations AKASA announce a partnership to scale automation within the revenue cycle at hospitals and health systems using AI and machine learning.
- The collaboration offers Cerner customers access to AKASA’s AI-based Unified Automation® platform which is purpose-built for healthcare.
Growing Need for Revenue Cycle Automation
Staff shortages are particularly concerning for healthcare revenue cycle
Read More
Luma Health & Change Healthcare Partner to Develop Solutions to Optimize Patient Journeys
What You Should Know:
- Luma Health, a digital health company streamlining patient-provider communications announced a strategic partnership with Change Healthcare, a healthcare technology company that provides the connection and data transfer between providers, payers, and consumers.
- The two companies will develop solutions to meet health systems' demand for streamlined and unified clinical, operational, and financial journeys.
Develop Solutions to Unify All Journeys -Clinical,
Read More
Fathom Receives Strategic Investment for Medical Coding Automation Platform
What You Should Know:
- Fathom, the first medical coding automation company to receive an investment from a national physician group, Inflect Health the innovation hub of Vituity and one of the largest physician-led provider groups in the United States.
- Fathom will also leverage Vituity’s expertise in the revenue cycle as it refines the Fathom platform to alleviate staffing challenges, reduce denials and mitigate audit risk. Fathom is the only medical coding platform that can fully and
Read More
Enlyt Health Secures $10M to Expand Healthcare Digital Front Door
Transform Patient Engagement with a Digital Front Door from Ryan Blachly on Vimeo.
What You Should Know:
- Enlyt Health, a St. Petersburg, FL-based low code platform for healthcare digital front door raises $10M in Series A funding led by Meritage Partners. Enlyt Health has several well-known Health Systems already live on the platform providing patients the needed access and tools to better their overall health journey.
- Enlyt Health helps organizations build Digital Front Doors
Read More
Kyruus and Upfront Partner to Maximize Digital Patient Acquisition and Retention
What You Should Know:
- Kyruus, a provider search and scheduling solutions for healthcare organizations, and Upfront, preeminent patient communication and engagement platform, today announced a new partnership to help healthcare organizations drive patient acquisition, activation, and retention.
- The combination of both platforms allows healthcare organizations to create better digital experiences for their patients using Kyruus’ powerful provider search, match, and scheduling
Read More
Is Empathy The Key to Healthcare Collections in 2022?
As we enter into the third year of the global health emergency, the impact on healthcare continues to evolve. With the ever-changing landscape, comes an opportunity to reflect, learn, and adapt to the times. Throughout the pandemic, COVID-19’s impact on hospital entities has not been specific to clinical care – it has rippled through the institution to every level, including revenue cycle management (RCM).
While RCM and collections once had a negative connotation, the pandemic has presented
Read More
Revenue Cycle Management Company nThrive Rebrands as FinThrive
What You Should Know:
- Healthcare revenue cycle management platform provider nThrive today announced it has rebranded, FinThrive™, which will be formally launched through a pending rebrand.
The new name signals the Company’s intention to break the cycle of inefficiency associated with traditional RCM technologies, while designing a modern software approach that empowers stakeholders across healthcare’s financial ecosystem.
FinThrive Focus
As FinThrive, the company will
Read More
Health Plan Invests $100M to Introduce Real-Time Claims Payments for Providers
What You Should Know:
- CalOptima will be the first health plan to introduce ‘real-time claims payments’ permanently for providers as part of this historic $100+ million investment in the safety net in Southern California.
- Board also approves $100 million in technology to improve health care delivery and $8 million to launch a Street Medicine Program.
CalOptima, a publicly funded health care coverage for low-income children, adults, seniors and people with disabilities in Orange
Read More
