By Naomi Diaz for Becker’s Hospital Review The typical health system uses 18 different EHR vendors across affiliated providers, yet these systems often lack seamless communication capabilities, leading to challenges, Lown Institute reported Jan. 2. These challenges include patients encountering difficulties in…
BY Jasmyne Ray for Health Leaders Artificial intelligence has moved from a buzzword to an established presence in revenue cycle technology. Revenue cycle and finance leaders alike are looking to AI to streamline processes and automate tasks, which will allow them…
By Mike Restuccia for Healthcare IT News It’s that time of year, to reflect again on the past and pontificate about what the future may hold for the healthcare information technology community. For the first time in several years, I’m promoting a more positive,…
By Reuters for NBC News A federal jury in New York City on Wednesday convicted two former NBA players over their roles in a scheme to defraud a league health care plan into paying millions of dollars for bogus medical procedures. Glen Davis,…
Giles Bruce by Becker’s Hospital Review It likely wasn’t by happenstance that cybercriminals attacked a major U.S. health system the week of Thanksgiving, IT security chiefs told Becker’s. Ardent Health Services, a 30-hospital system based in Nashville, Tenn., took its IT systems offline Nov. 23,…
By Nathan Eddy for Healthcare Finance News Escalating reimbursement delays and declining cash reserves are placing hospitals and health systems across the nation in a precarious financial predicament, according to data from Syntellis Performance Solutions’ analysis of 1,300 hospitals. The…
By Noah Schwartz for Becker’s Hospital Review A survey of 2,014 adults from consulting giant Deloitte found that 53% believe generative artificial intelligence could improve access to healthcare. Here are four takeaways from the Nov. 16 report:
By Beth Friedman for For the Record My health care career began in the 1980s when I was a clinical coder for a small Pittsburgh hospital. Even then, before the Prospective Payment System and DRGs, a steady drumbeat of payer…
By Emily Olsen for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: Dive Insight: High labor expenses pummeled hospital margins last year, and many facilities continue to struggle financially even as pressure lifts for some providers. Those financial challenges, combined with the COVID-19 pandemic, paved the way…
By Claire Wallace for Becker’s Hospital Review UnitedHealthcare Group, which has an annual revenue of $324 billion, is the largest health insurance company in the U.S. by market share, according to a report from ValuePenguin updated in October. Here are the 10…
