Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2023

Digital Innovation and Artificial Intelligence are two huge topics recently in the world of Healthcare IT. Let’s now take a look at how it can impact Revenue Cycle Management ! We reached out to the Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights on this topic. Director Revenue Cycle Solutions at MRO.

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MRO Compliance

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Managing laborious payer processes is one of the most cumbersome operational challenges for hospitals and health systems. We also explored new data optimization opportunities within the healthcare sector and the significance of payer exchange in streamlining revenue cycles. Here are the takeaways from our conversation.

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AIHC

MAY 7, 2024

Written by Corliss Collins, BSHIM, RHIT, CRCR, CSM, CCA, CBCS, CPDC Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) are hot topics in the healthcare industry. Auto-Coding Edit Errors (automated prepayment edits) significantly impact RCM billing, claims processing, and revenue operations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 9, 2021

Primary topic: Financial/Revenue Cycle Management. Enterprise Taxonomy: Short Headline: U.S. Anesthesia Partners sues UnitedHealthcare; AstraZeneca, MGH collaborate Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Primary topic: Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Hospitals struggling after winter COVID-19 surge; HHS pick Becerra supports telehealth Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) is like a one of those huge Lego sculptures. Below is what they had to share on this topic! A successful revenue integrity program requires a multidisciplinary approach with the involvement of executive leadership and the establishment of a culture of transparency and accountability.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 24, 2023

An integral part of product life cycle management strategies for pharmaceutical corporations, product hops are reformulated versions of an often-lucrative brand-name drug, aimed at preserving market share after generics enter the marketplace. As such, product hopping is generally viewed as problematic.

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Medisys Compliance

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Introduction In the complex world of healthcare in the United States, small medical practices often face the challenge of managing their medical billing effectively. The term ‘medical billing for small practices’ encompasses a wide array of topics that are crucial for these healthcare providers.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It was the topic of countless articles, reports and even court cases. In fact, after decades of slogging through manual processes, healthcare organizations are joining the movement and implementing automation and AI solutions to improve revenue cycle processes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Sign Up for our daily or weekly newsletters Patient experience: new perspectives on person-focused care Full coverage: HIMSS22 APAC Health Conference News 5 sessions to look out for at HIMSS23 APAC Healthcare IT News’ APAC Managing Editor weighs in on the sessions he's looking forward.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 21, 2022

When you attend a conference, it’s always fun to see if there’s a kind of theme or hot topic for those attending the conference. No doubt this is similar in many organizations, and so Johnson and her team will be working to improve that front end registration process to improve their revenue cycle management process.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 21, 2023

It’s been a hot topic for revenue cycle management professionals for years that’s only getting hotter with the increasing pressures of staffing shortages, challenges with staff turnover and training and ever-changing policies and protocols at the government and payer levels.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 22, 2024

Embracing AI AI is everywhere, and it is so much more than a trending topic. During his tenure, Teladoc’s revenues doubled in 2020 and are currently on track to exceed $2 billion in 2021. Previously, he served as CEO of Streamline Health, which offers revenue cycle management solutions for healthcare providers.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For the 42nd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Donald McGruder, Chief Information and Revenue Integrity Officer at South Shore Hospital Chicago , at the HCP Conference. This time we’re diving into revenue cycle management (RCM). What are you listening for?

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

For the 98th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we’re joined by a special guest host, Anders Brown, Managing Director at Tegria. It was awesome to be able to sit down with Anders Brown to get his first hand experiences dealing with the topic we are discussing in this episode: healthcare’s inflection point and the way forward.

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Medisys Compliance

DECEMBER 27, 2022

This means that by outsourcing these tasks, practices can boost revenue and essentially expand their personnel to include specialists who keep up with any developments in medical billing. Physicians outsource medical billing for one major reason: it takes a lot of time to manage billing internally due to U.S. Partner with Us.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 21, 2023

Patient engagement is a hot topic among healthcare provider organization executives. In your view, meaningful technology and patient touchpoints can help providers increase payment rates and revenue. Why do you say healthcare provider organizations should modernize revenue cycle management?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2020

hospitals, has added American Telemedicine Association Conifer Health Solutions, which focuses on revenue-cycle management, and Gensler, the design and planning firm – bringing in three more diverse perspectives for digital health strategies. WHY IT MATTERS. The COVID-19 Resource Hub , which is open to all U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2022

One of the hottest topics we hear talked about at Healthcare IT Today has to do with revenue cycle management (RCM). COVID and other financial pressures have driven RCM to the top of many healthcare organization’s strategic priorities.

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YouCompli

MAY 18, 2022

When it comes to regulatory change management, healthcare organizations deal with a lot of complexity and confusion. You can best support your organization by implementing effective regulatory change management practices. Relationships are at the heart of regulatory change management programs. Measure what matters.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Demand management while juggling multiple IT initiatives” (11%) earned the next highest ranking in IT operational burdens felt by CIOs. Aligning with industry hot topic concerns, cybersecurity (23%) took the No. This figure hit an all-time high in 2022, rising 10% from last year’s top-spot amount of 55%. According to the U.S.

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Medisys Compliance

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Since billing procedures are closely related to your medical setting’s revenue, these issues only make an already urgent matter worse. to 8% of total monthly revenue. This often results in a minimum monthly revenue of $40,000. It takes a lot of time to stay on top of the revenue cycle management software.

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Medisys Compliance

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Since billing procedures are closely related to your medical setting’s revenue, these issues only make an already urgent matter worse. to 8% of total monthly revenue. This often results in a minimum monthly revenue of $40,000. It takes a lot of time to stay on top of the revenue cycle management software.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2023

It’s a topic on everyone’s mind, so we asked the Healthcare IT Today community for advice. They also discussed the all-important topic of EHR integration. RCM vendor Alpha II acquired RCxRules , a revenue cycle automation vendor. Read more… Addressing the Social Determinants of Mental Health.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 21, 2023

John Lynn talked to Micky about how the 21st Century Cures Act making an impact for good on patients and clinicians , among other topics. John asked the Healthcare IT Today community how AI can improve revenue cycle management, and respondents touted the benefits of autonomous coding, auditing, and communication in streamlining billing.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 1, 2022

It brings together a great community of healthcare financial professionals with a lot of healthcare CFOs and revenue cycle management pros. I’d say the hottest topic at the conference was the lack of workforce available and the impact that is having on organizations. John Lynn (@techguy) June 28, 2022.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

He currently serves as the Senior Vice President, Revenue Cycle Management at WebPT. He has been invited to speak at numerous national healthcare events on the topics of payment policy, compliance, practice management, and rehabilitation economics.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

At HIMSS17, I gave a talk in a big room about how technology can scale SDOH; we had standing room only, which is not a brag — just a fact of the pent-up demand for this topic just two years ago. Our theme is Embracing Social Determinants (SDoH) for Highly-Integrated, Coordinated Care. Does the U.S. As health care delivery in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 27, 2020

“Athenahealth’s clients frequently collaborated on topics such as telehealth solutions, revenue cycle management practices and ways to support their new remote patient experience,” she said.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 21, 2023

Before highlighting the features that every health system should include when implementing an enterprise scheduling solution, it makes sense to level set on the topic. Skip Hanson, EVP, Service Delivery at Carenet Health Not all enterprise scheduling solutions are created equal.

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MAY 17, 2023

In a previous article, I discussed relationships with operational areas such as Nursing Revenue Cycle, and IT. Use topics like physician contracting to facilitate discussion about your charter. HR very likely interfaces with every employee and contractor throughout the employment life cycle.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Due to the inherent complexity in healthcare, specifically in the revenue cycle, there are certain processes that require human decision making and aren’t great candidates for automation. Use cases for automation include managing population health, accurately assessing risks, and identifying potential gaps in care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

Our ambulatory users can expect more functionality for specialty clinics, like infusion clinics, dialysis, and pain management in 2023. Regulatory topics like the Cures Act. We are also planning to continue enhance our Expanse Now mobile physician app which allows clinicians to practice more efficiently. Staffing shortage support.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 7, 2023

Additionally, digital transformation can support medical research and drive innovation in healthcare, as well as generate new revenue streams. Data Governance: Hospitals need to have effective policies, procedures, and systems in place to manage and control access to patient data.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

A few topics that pique my interest address benefits for people and their pets, AI for everyday peoples’ health, and the assertively (spot-on) titled session, “don’t build more healthtech without asking patients first.”. I covered this topic in my paper, Here’s Looking At You , prepared for the California Healthcare Foundation.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The CMS team added a “special topics” section at the end of the forecast report with an analysis of prescription drug rebates and specialty drug price impacts, and a discussion about the effect of high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) on national health spending. If that slow-growth cost scenario is over and the U.S.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 23, 2021

Patient experience and engagement were a trending topic at the recent HIMSS 2021 conference, a growing portion of panels and presentations focusing on patient billing, revenue cycle management, and health consumers’ financial literacy.

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