HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is taking a major step forward in pain management by expanding its contract with AppliedVR , a provider of immersive therapeutics (ITx) using virtual reality (VR). The expanded contract will provide more Veterans with access to RelieVRx in the comfort of their own homes. “VA

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 14, 2021

About half say the COVID-19 pandemic has made matters worse, and three in 10 say they aren't discussing their stress with management. "Attracting and retaining talent is a top priority for healthcare providers, especially during COVID-19," observed researchers. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 11, 2024

Not-for-profit organisation Salveo Healthcare has recently introduced a remote patient monitoring technology from the United Kingdom to support its delivery of preventative care in Tasmania. Among the locally available tech products for healthcare, why choose a platform used abroad?

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 17, 2024

Director of Healthcare Strategy at LexisNexis Risk Solutions Healthcare delivery continues to evolve to meet ever-changing patient demands. The latest industry evolution is the expansion of retail healthcare delivery. Adam Rarick-Varner, Sr.

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Etactics

APRIL 26, 2024

On average, a healthcare provider has between 16 and 20 payer contracts. These payer contracts, also known as payer agreements, ensure that healthcare providers receive proper reimbursement for the care they provide to patients that get covered by a payer. It’s between a healthcare provider and a specific patient’s payer.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

What You Should Know: – KLAS Research , a leading healthcare IT research and consulting firm, has announced the winners of its 2024 Best in KLAS Awards , recognizing the top vendors and service providers in the healthcare technology and services industry.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 26, 2024

Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy: A Holistic Approach Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy aims to break down barriers within the healthcare system. This comprehensive care model empowers payers to better manage specialty drug costs. We have the flexibility to contract dynamically with any payer.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 18, 2023

announced the launch of its new Payor Rate Transparency Monitor, the first-of-its-kind interactive visualization tool that compares contracted rates published by UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, and Cigna. This granular data empowers providers to refine their managed care, market access, and contracting strategies in ways previously unimaginable.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 18, 2022

Social determinants of health are major contributors to health inequity and rising healthcare costs in vulnerable populations such as Medicaid beneficiaries. Healthcare IT News interviewed Dr. Walton to get an advance look at his upcoming educational session.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 26, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS The hospital worked on a joint project with Personify Care and Healthcare Logic to use digital patient pathways to communicate patient appointments, replacing traditional phone calls and letters. million) contract from SA Health. million ($3.7 Enterprise Taxonomy: Quality Care Care

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The Sydney Local Health District will continue using a remote patient monitoring platform by ASX-listed healthcare IT company Alcidion after extending their contract. In September, healthcare IT firms Royal Philips and Teladoc Health announced their partnership to offer virtual care solutions in Australia and New Zealand.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 7, 2023

Cameron Wood, Head of Client Services & COO at NGA Healthcare The healthcare landscape is constantly evolving, with changes in technology , patient care, and the business of medicine all occurring at a rapid pace. Researching both options is important, but negotiating your contracts is essential. According to the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 22, 2023

Innovaccer said "Sara for Healthcare" – named for Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge and language – automates workflows, generates insights and conversationally supports decisions for healthcare leaders, clinicians, care coordinators and contact center representatives.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

But, if one of our managed care partners came to us with those [traditional Medicare] rates, we would be jumping for joy. We’d be saying, ‘This is the greatest contract we could possibly hope for.’” And so you go after a contract, and then you get into the network. We’re very risk tolerant,” she said. “We’re

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Home Health Care

MARCH 24, 2023

With that in mind, providers are questioning why they would willingly take on managed care beneficiaries knowing they’d be sacrificing dollars. Some industry experts believe providers should, at the very least, be more aggressive in negotiating managed care contracts. Do they have a large denial rate? Do they slow pay?

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 13, 2023

What You Should Know: GE HealthCare announced a $44M contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) —part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within the U.S. Trauma patients’ survival is dependent on receiving timely and appropriate care.

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p3care

JANUARY 3, 2024

You know, what’s the common point of connection between healthcare providers and insurance payers? During e-claim submission, we include costs for posting payments, handling patient statements, and managing denied or rejected claims. It counts every single step, from patient registration to account management.

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Sheppard Health Law

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The government buys billions of dollars in healthcare-related goods and services every year, and no government procurement is perfect. The question disappointed healthcare contractors should ask is whether the agency acted unreasonably in its evaluation and selection of the awardee. B-421325, 2023 CPD ¶ 74 (Mar.

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p3care

DECEMBER 28, 2022

This is the automated billing process by making sure that all the fees are established electronically and can easily be accessed by the healthcare professionals and physicians who need them. Most of the healthcare industries are aware that insurance company has rejected so many claims due to incorrect modifiers.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

What You Should Know: Substance use disorder has far-reaching impacts across society, and healthcare workers are not immune. In some cases, healthcare worker addiction can lead them to use prescription drugs intended for patients or steal them to be sold for personal benefit.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Some health systems have contracted with third-party telemedicine vendors that often require patients to go into a separate system that is not well-integrated with the health systems' other technologies. Other health systems have built up their own virtual care provider strength but are unlikely to provide 24/7, comprehensive coverage.

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Vie Healthcare

MARCH 27, 2024

When the world went into COVID and all the crises that came after that, in terms of shortages and everything, I can make a pretty easy judgment that there was a big differentiator between companies who made it and who maybe struggled mainly was supplier relationship management. Contracts manage the relationship between parties.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 25, 2023

Resilient Healthcare has teamed up with Community Hospital Consulting – a Community Hospital Corporation (CHC) organization – on a joint venture partnership. CHC owns and manages hospitals in the community health space. Then we manage and we operate those programs. They’ve been around 27 years,” Samuel said.

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p3care

MARCH 30, 2023

Patient Check-in Insurance Eligibility and Verification Charge Entry Coding Claim Submission Payment Posting In the financial management process, medical billing services are the only process that we refer to as Revenue Cycle Management (RCM). The management of “patient collections” is simple and rapid.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

What You Should Know: – General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has been awarded a $63M contract by the Alabama Medicaid Agency to modernize the state’s Medicaid program. The contract has a base period of two years with three two-year options, allowing for a potential total period of seven years.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 20, 2023

What You Should Know: General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) , a business unit of General Dynamics , announced today that it was awarded a $39M Medicaid Enterprise Benefit Management Services contract by the state of New Mexico to support its Human Services Department (HSD).

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Companies that provide online tracking tools have been accused in class-action lawsuits of allegedly targeting ads to people based on information regarding their health that was collected through healthcare system websites and patient portals.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 6, 2023

What You Should Know: As more healthcare organizations start to leverage population health management (PHM) technology in their journey toward offering value-based care, they are sometimes uncertain about how well vendors can fulfill their unique needs, as PHM programs vary in breadth and complexity.

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Etactics

APRIL 12, 2024

I recently entered a job that revolves around the healthcare industry. My point in beginning with this is that I write weekly blogs about healthcare and human resources and I STILL find myself getting pretty confused on all the different components that come into play with medical billing. More specifically, medical billing.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 28, 2023

Epic's Community Connect model allows smaller healthcare organizations to use Epic EHR software without the cost and resources required for a full-scale implementation. Peter’s previous patient portal into MyChart," Epic said in a statement sent to Healthcare IT News Thursday. Peter's. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Cloud Blogs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Here is a small sample of the hundreds of partners accelerating innovation with AI in financial services , healthcare , agriculture , manufacturing , retail , sustainability , public sector , education , telecommunications (telco), nonprofit , energy , and line of business partners.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Supporting the Continuum of Care for Serious Illness in Medicaid Managed Care October 25, 2021 / by Salom Teshale, Kitty Purington, Wendy Fox-Grage, and Mia Antezzo. Assessment and management of pain and other symptoms. billion on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) per year. Comprehensive care coordination.

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Bill Of Health

MARCH 15, 2024

million annual contract to run the U.S. The modernization that HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) promised effectively ends UNOS’s contract and engages novel algorithms to improve the allocation system as a whole. Baban, MBE , is a Project Manager and Research Assistant at The Hastings Center.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 7, 2024

Jerry Hogge, Chief Operating Officer at MultiPlan What You Should Know: – MultiPlan Corporation (NYSE: MPLN), a leading provider of data-driven cost management solutions for the US healthcare industry, has announced the appointment of Jerry Hogge as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO).

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

These conditions also contribute to substantial healthcare costs, making them a major concern for both individuals and healthcare providers. They handle employee and member education, and a dedicated account manager provides regular reporting and insights on outcomes.

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Health Care Leader News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

With trusts working in collaboratives to Getting It Right First Time ( GiRFT ) principles, new opportunities to manage significant numbers of outpatients in primary eye care, and local authorities focusing on school screening, all the necessary tools for change are now at hand. million for glaucoma alone.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

What You Should Know: – Value-based care (VBC) has been established as a priority among healthcare organizations and payers as participants have gained more experience in managing their quality metrics and contracts, ultimately realizing returns on their investments.

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