Revenue Cycle Management Company RSi Announces Acquisition of Invicta Health Solutions
Decisive move brings Invicta’s Insurance Discovery, Claim Status, Eligibility Verification, Medicaid Enrollment, and Out-of-State Medicaid Billing solutions to the RSi portfolio
RSi, LLC, a leading national provider of revenue cycle services for the hospital and large physician practice market, has announced its acquisition of Invicta Health Solutions, LLC (Invicta). Invicta, based in Houston, Texas, has earned a reputation for progressive tech integrations, unique partnerships with established entities, and a mastery of business intelligence to recast traditional revenue cycle management services such as Insuranc...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 9, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Revenue Cycle Management Brent Rollins Derek Shaw Donny Zamora Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Invicta Health Solutions Jude Crowell Matt Carroll RCM RCM Acquisitions RSi WestView Capital P Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – January 8, 2023 – Omnibus bill extends telehealth expansion through end of 2024, 60% of solution providers pouring all event marketing money into in-person events, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
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On Dec. 29, 2022, President Biden signed the omnibus spending bill. The biggest news for healthcare IT was the extension of telehealth expansion under Medicare through the end of 2024. This includes expansion of originating...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT 4medica ADAPT AdvancedMD AHA Ardent Health Services Blendid Brian Berning Cadence Carenet Health Carol DeVol CharmHealth CipherHealth Comcast Healthcare CORL directtrust East Tennessee Health Information Netwo Source Type: blogs
Telehealth and RPM – 2023 Health IT Predictions
As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Check out our communities predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media.
Check out our community’s telehealth and RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) predictions.
Dr. Reza Hosseini Ghomi, Chief Medical Officer at BrainCheck
Digitally-enabled care is the future of tel...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 6, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring 2023 Health IT Predictions Ankit Gupta Bicycle Health BrainCheck Carlene MacMillan Chris Sullivan Dan Trigub David Feldman Epicore Biosystems MedArrive Medisafe Source Type: blogs
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Millions with private insurance and Medicaid expansion plans could lose access to free preventive services if the Supreme Court upholds a recent ruling.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - January 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Celli Horstman, Jesse C. Baumgartner, Arnav Shah Source Type: blogs
Featured Health IT Job: Healthcare Data Analyst
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Healthcare Data Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in New York.
Here’s a description of the position:
New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.
Founded in 2006 by healthcare leaders,...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Health IT Jobs Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Health Data Jobs Health IT Jobs Healthcare Data Analyst Healthcare IT Jobs Job Seekers New York eHealth Collaborative New York Health IT Jobs NYeC Source Type: blogs
SameSky Health is Making Meaningful Progress on Health Equity
Abner Mason is a health equity pioneer. A decade ago, he was already championing more equitable access to care for people with low income and low health literacy. In those early days, it was difficult for Mason to get plans and providers to buy into his vision, but he stuck with it. Now his company, SameSky Health, is helping organizations make meaningful progress addressing health equity gaps.
Healthcare IT Today sat down with Mason to get his take on the current state of health equity and to dive deeper into the impact his company is having.
Health Equity Defined
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health e...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 4, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Abner Mason care equity Health Equity Health Plans Healthcare Bias Hlth HLTH 2022 HLTH22 Medicaid Medicare Advantage S Source Type: blogs
Healthcare Fragmentation Isn ’ t So Bad, If It Comes with Better Outcomes
The following is a guest article by Nate Maslak, Founder & CEO at Ribbon Health.
Personalization is embedded into many aspects of our lives, from individualized show recommendations on our Netflix accounts to AI-driven product recommendations based on our shopping habits. And consumers have come to expect and demand this personalization. Recent McKinsey research shows that 71% of consumers expect companies to deliver personalized interactions.
This expectation is expanding into healthcare. Personalized healthcare meets people where they are as an individual with unique behaviors, medical histories and life circumstan...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 4, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Artificial Intelligence Data Fragmentation Data Silos Fragmented Care Healthcare Source Type: blogs
A Change Of Heart: " For The Children "
Last night, I archived everything on the blog except " Why Pediatrics " . More and more, it ' s become a question rather than a statement of purpose. In the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic, where the entire US system shifted on its axis to shut down community Pediatrics services and " feed " children ' s hospitals (to free up resources for sick adults), the situation for those of us practicing inpatient Pediatrics (as " Pediatric Hospitalists " ) really went to hell. You could not find/beg a job in the community setting during the pandemic. Actually, jumping through the ABP ' s hoops to do a...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - December 24, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
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Managed care contracts could be a valuable tool for state Medicaid programs seeking to promote racial equity.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - December 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Shilpa Patel, Laurie Zephyrin Source Type: blogs
Work Not Welfare Is Key to Escaping Poverty
Michael D. TannerScott Lincicome ’s new book,Empowering the New American Worker, is focused, unsurprisingly, on American workers. However, mychapter in this book is, in fact, focused on those who are not working —or at least not working as much as necessary to help them escape poverty. Specifically, I raise concerns about the ways in which the modern welfare state can discourage work, savings, and family formation.Households in or near poverty that receive assistance often facemarginaleffectivetax rates that are counterproductive, deterring work effort or putting a low ceiling on how much these families can increase th...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 15, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Michael D. Tanner Source Type: blogs
5 Good CBO Options to Reduce the Federal Deficit
This report comes at a welcome time as Congress is negotiating a year-end spending package in which it mightincrease deficits steeply. Instead of making the fiscal situation even worse, Congress should hit the deficit brakes and reduce spending.Based onCBO ’s budget and economic outlook (last issued in May 2022), federal deficits will average 5.1 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) per year between 2023 and 2032. Or roughly $1.6 trillion each year over the next 10 years. Under that scenario, federal debt held by the public would reach 110 percent of GDP by 2032 —the highest level ever, exceeding the debt following ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 8, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Romina Boccia Source Type: blogs
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CMS recently approved amendments to Medicaid section 1115 demonstrations for Arkansas, Arizona, Massachusetts, and Oregon; all include innovative features.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - December 7, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mindy Lipson, Cindy Mann Source Type: blogs
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Federal policymakers can improve maternal health nationwide by making 12 months of postpartum coverage a mandatory, permanent benefit in state Medicaid programs
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - December 7, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sara Federman, Akeiisa Coleman Source Type: blogs
You Don ’ t Have to be Mega-Conglomerate to Benefit from Health IT: A CareCognitics Deployment
When we hear about streamlined workflows, mobile phone services, and other benefits of a well-planned IT upgrade, it’s usually at some enormous, well-endowed, urban chain. But ambulatory health care providers can also tap IT to improve their patient experience, work loads, and revenues. Cookeville Medical Clinic, a provider with four clinics in central Tennessee, proves this.
Cookeville has all the worries and pressures of rural practices: lots of Medicare and Medicaid patients, reimbursements that don’t keep up with inflation, and the looming threat of competition from high-tech companies and big insurers.
In ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 7, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Administration Ambulatory Communication and Patient Experience EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT athenahealth athenahealth Marketplace CareCognitics Cookeville Medical Clinic Digital Front Door Digital Waiting Room FQHC Hea Source Type: blogs
IEHP Succeeds with GIS By Showing Stakeholders What is Possible
The Geographic Information System (GIS) team at Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) successfully created internal advocates by educating their peers and showing them what is possible with GIS technology in healthcare. Not only did this accelerate the adoption of GIS technology at their organization, it also helped leaders gain valuable operational insights sooner than if the technology was left to organically gain traction.
Healthcare IT Today sat down with Eric Dick and Darren Moser, GIS Informaticists at IEHP to learn more about their success at turning colleagues into advocates and how this has had a positive impact on the...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 1, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Healthcare IT Darren Moser Eric Dick esri Esri Healthcare Geographic information system gis GIS for Health Health GIS Health Plan GIS Healthcare GIS Healthcare Scene Featured IEHP Inland Source Type: blogs
