DAS Health Expands Reach to Senior Living Organizations with Recent Acquisition
DAS Health, a provider of healthcare IT and business solutions, proudly announces the acquisition of Agility Holdings, LLC dba vcpi. This significant acquisition expands DAS Health’s position into the senior living space, further establishing the company as the preeminent player in healthcare IT and business solutions. vcpi has long been recognized for its excellence in delivering innovative IT services tailored to the unique needs of the senior living sector. DAS Health’s national presence and breadth of service offerings, coupled with the expertise gained through this acquisition, enables the expanded company...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 19, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Agility Holdings Corporate Finance Associates Worldwide DAS Health Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Michelle Jaeger vcpi Zachary Koch Source Type: blogs

Bonus Features – March 17, 2024 – 65% of nurses think AI will negatively impact healthcare, 14% of EHRs have known cybersecurity vulnerabilities, plus 24 more stories
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. News CHIME provided some clarity on the Smart Hospital Maturity Model initiative, noting it’s meant to “complement and enhance” the existing Digital Health Most Wired Program. The organization also announced C...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 17, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Akasa Apixio Availity Avalon Healthcare Solutions CenTrak CharmHealth CHIME Christina Rassi Claim.MD Claroty ECRI Institute Encoda Epic Research Evry Health Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features HealtheLink HIM Source Type: blogs

Anatomy Unveils AI-Powered Financial Automation for Healthcare Organizations
Lightspeed, Meridian Street, Live Oak Ventures, and Others Back Anatomy with $7.6 Million in Funding to Simplify and Automate Financial Workflows in Healthcare Anatomy Financial announces the launch of their AI-powered financial automation solutions for medical, dental, digital health, and healthcare billing companies. Anatomy has raised $7.6M in funding to build a financial operating system for healthcare from Lightspeed, Meridian Street Capital, Live Oak Ventures, Cambrian Ventures, Peterson Ventures, and angel investors with expertise across healthcare and fintech. Banks and accounting systems are not purpose-built to i...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 8, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Anatomy Anatomy Financial Brian Bizub Callum King Cambrian Ventures Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Lightspeed Live Oak Ventures Meridian Street Capital Nicole Quinn Pet Source Type: blogs

Are hospital CEOs overpaid? One lawyer ’ s skeptical take on executive compensation.
As somebody who has reviewed physician employment agreements for 40 years or so, I have to admit I am more than a little jaundiced when it comes to the subject of hospital executive compensation. I’m not altogether convinced that one health system CEO really “earned” the $35.5 million he was reported to have been paid Read more… Are hospital CEOs overpaid? One lawyer’s skeptical take on executive compensation. originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 20, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Finance Practice Management Source Type: blogs

Austin-Based Vital Interaction Closes $15M Series A Funding Round to Revamp Patient Communication with Hyper-Personalization
Vital Interaction, a healthcare technology company that combines healthcare data, business intelligence, and workflow automation, today announced the closing of $15 million in Series A funding led by Austin-based Next Coast Ventures. Vital Interaction uses key practice and patient data to ensure patients follow through on prescribed care plans, recalling and reactivating both new and existing patients to encourage follow-up appointments and reduce patient churn. It uses appointment, clinical, and billing data to generate automated, customizable campaigns for targeted patient outreach. By analyzing millions of these patient...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 19, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Ben Chapman Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Michael Smerklo Next Coast Ventures Vital Interaction Source Type: blogs

Weekly Roundup – January 20, 2024
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week. 2024 Health IT Predictions: Cautionary Views of Healthcare AI. Our ongoing series of 2024 Health IT Predictions turned to some reasons to be wary of AI. The Healthcare IT Today community emphasized the need to focus on proven AI use cases, apprehension about generative AI for clinical content, and meaningful discussions about the ethical use of AI. Read ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 20, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs

Navigating the Prior Auth Landscape in 2024: 3 Things to Know Before Implementing Automation
The following is a guest article by Dr. Steve Kim, Co-Founder and CEO at Valer Prior authorization automation is an essential consideration for healthcare organizations seeking to streamline their processes in the coming year. Automating prior authorization workflow offers several operational, financial, and clinical benefits, including fewer avoidable denials, procedure cancellations, and delays in care, better patient outcomes, improved staff productivity, and more. If you’re considering adopting prior authorization automation technology for the first time, or you’re potentially switching from an existing provider th...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 18, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration AI/Machine Learning Health IT Company Healthcare IT IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Automation Dr. Steve Kim Prior Auth Prior Auth Automation Prior Authorization Prior Authorization Automation Valer Voluware Source Type: blogs

Resurgens Technology Partners Invests in Valant – An Industry Leader in Software Supporting the Behavioral Health Industry
Resurgens Technology Partners, a software-focused private equity firm, today announced its investment in Valant, a cloud-based EHR for behavioral health practices. Based in Seattle, Valant aims to make the world a mentally healthier place, providing technology to better connect behavioral health patients and providers whenever and however they need care. Valant is a one-stop shop for growing behavioral health practices, delivering solutions for their ever-evolving needs with a leading cloud-based EHR and practice management platform. “Our team is thrilled that we have the support of a leading software investor to drive ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Acadia Healthcare Aeris Partners DLA Piper Fred Sturgis Gemspring Capital Partners Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Lincoln International McDermott Will & Emery Ram Krishnan Source Type: blogs

Physicians are burned out. Could entrepreneurship be a cure?
Recently, roughly 400 primary care and urgent care physicians at Allina Health System voted to unionize. In doing so, they became the largest group of unionized private-sector physicians in the country. Their decision is indicative of a hard reality of American health care–physicians are burned out. Research shows from 2021 to 2022, 63 percent of surveyed Read more… Physicians are burned out. Could entrepreneurship be a cure? originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 7, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Practice Management Source Type: blogs

IKS Health Purchases AQuity Solutions to Create the Most Comprehensive Provider of Administrative, Clinical and Financial Services for Healthcare Organizations in the U.S.
The Combined Company, which will Operate as IKS Health, will have Annual Revenues of $330+ Million and a Global Workforce of over 14,000 Employees Serving an Install Base of 150,000+ Clinicians IKS Health, the premier global solution that revitalizes the clinician-patient relationship while empowering healthcare organizations to thrive, today announced the acquisition of AQuity Solutions, a Best in KLAS industry leader in tech-enabled clinical documentation, medical coding, and revenue integrity solutions for healthcare, as a wholly-owned subsidiary for $200 million. IKS Health’s market leadership in the ambulatory...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 22, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Abridge AQuity Solutions Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A IKS Health Kashyap Joshi Sachin K. Gupta Sift Healthcare Source Type: blogs

Bonus Features – October 29, 2023 – 66% of patients prefer email or text for reminders about medical bills, 94% of clinicians said lack of timely access to insights within EHR impacts patient care, and 28 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. News CMMI released the 2022 performance results for the direct contracting value-based care model, which has since been redesigned and renamed the ACO REACH Model. All told, participating entities achieved net savings of more t...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 29, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT 1upHealth ACO REACH AGS Health Avenda Health Bluefin California HHS Carestream Dental CB Insights Cedar Gate Technologies CMMI CORE eClinicalWorks Fivetran Found Freshpaint FutureRx GSR Ventures Healthcare Source Type: blogs

Alpha II, LLC Announces Strategic Acquisition of RCxRules
Alpha II, a leading healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM) technology solutions provider, announced today its successful acquisition of RCxRules, an innovator in healthcare revenue cycle automation. “This strategic acquisition aligns perfectly with our vision of empowering healthcare organizations with the tools and expertise they need to thrive in an increasingly complex healthcare landscape,” said Todd Doze, CEO at Alpha II. “Combining Alpha II’s proprietary rules engine and extensive content with RCxRules’ robust workflow and automatic claim correct features will create a comprehensive d...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Alpha II Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A RCxRules Stephen Gorman Todd Doze Source Type: blogs

Weekly Roundup – October 21, 2023
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week. Driving Patient Behavior and Connecting Patients With Care Teams. Patients are embracing the notion of monitoring their health every day, but health systems aren’t, John Lynn discovered in a chat with Rich Steinle and Scott Pradels at Carium. The conversation also covered how to remove barriers to adoption of remote monitoring technology. Read more...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs

Netsmart Advances Substance Use Disorder Solution Offerings Through Acquisition of Netalytics
Netsmart today announced the acquisition of Netalytics, a South Carolina-based addiction treatment software and practice management company, dedicated to developing technology for substance use disorder (SUD) providers focused on opioid addiction treatment. This acquisition will further extend the Netsmart CareFabric platform by enabling interoperable data sharing between opioid treatment program (OTP) facilities and the providers that treat and coordinate other types of care for individuals with SUD. “Now more than ever it is critical to integrate Netalytics clients’ SUD treatment and recovery facilities and their i...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Houlihan Lokey Mark Essex Mike Valentine Netalytics Netsmart Netsmart CareFabric Source Type: blogs

Too big to fail: health care ’ s moral quandary
This could be the mythical and mystical tale of organized health care. Humans and their systems may become organized to evolve as large and stable entities, as disorganized ones may never grow large and may remain perpetually unstable, risking disintegration. However, once they reach the status of being “too big to fail” and become self-aware Read more… Too big to fail: health care’s moral quandary originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 16, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Practice Management Source Type: blogs