Elation Health Acquires Medical Billing Company Lightning MD
Elation Health continues to expand its primary care offerings. The company recently announced the strategic acquisition of Lightning MD, a cloud-based medical billing and claims management company. The acquisition adds revenue cycle capabilities to Elation’s clinical-first EHR and Best in KLAS, virtual care platform.
“Healthcare technology is rapidly evolving, particularly in the primary care sector where we have the greatest opportunity to improve patient outcomes and raise the standard of our healthcare system for everyone,” said Kyna Fong, co-founder and CEO of Elation Health in a press release. “...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 28, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory EMR-EHR Healthcare IT Brian Esser Elation Health Kelly Schoenfeld Kyna Fong Lightning MD Medical Billing Primary Care Revenue Cycle Management Source Type: blogs
Navigating institutional betrayal in health care [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! In this episode, we’re joined by Susan MacLellan-Tobert, a pediatric cardiologist, to discuss the issue of institutional betrayal in health care. The pandemic has put a strain on health care systems and workers, leading to a term called “institutional betrayal” to describe the feeling
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Navigating institutional betrayal in health care [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 15, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Practice Management Source Type: blogs
Only physicians can find the balance between tradition and active disruption
It is clear to most of us who practice medicine that the medical system is at a crossroads unlike any other in recent history, between competing crises of uncontrolled medical costs, escalating administrative burdens, consolidation and employment of physician practices, burnout, and the rapid development and entrance of new, largely untested technologies. I am sure
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Only physicians can find the balance between tradition and active disruption originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 10, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jay Shah, MD Tags: Physician Health IT Practice Management Source Type: blogs
Leading through burnout: How health care executives can address burnout in the workplace [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! In this episode, we welcome Nicola F. De Paul, a clinical psychologist and health systems leadership consultant. Together, we dive into the topic of burnout among health care leaders. The COVID-19 pandemic has put immense stress on health care workers, and many are now
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Leading through burnout: How health care executives can address burnout in the workplace [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 8, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Practice Management Source Type: blogs
The solution to Canadian physicians ’ administrative burdens: Invest in human resources
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” – Gandhi In Canada, the vast majority of physicians are part of the public health system. One of the biggest complaints among these physicians is the administrative burden they face, including filling out forms for insurance companies, workers’ compensation boards, and the government. This problem
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The solution to Canadian physicians’ administrative burdens: Invest in human resources originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 6, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jean Paul Brutus, MD Tags: Physician Practice Management Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – January 29, 2023 – ONC says more than 70% of hospitals can use external data at the point of care, the 3 largest health info networks have indexed 90% of patients, 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.
News and Studies
HLTH Foundation formed the Techquity for Health Coalition, with a mission to help organizations consider health equity in health technology innovation and data practices. The group also launched a health equity ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 29, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability AI Nexus Healthcare AiMed AvaSure BioDigital Biofourmis Brightside Health Brookhaven Heart CHIME Christine Buck C Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – January 15, 2023 – 80% of consumers want a clearer process for dealing with billing errors, USCDI update would add 20 more elements, 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.
News and Studies
ONC released the Draft United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) v4 and its accompanying Standards Bulletin. USCDI is a standardized set of health data classes and data elements that enables data exch...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT 3M Allina Health Ayble Health Cameron Deemer Castell CenTrak CloudWave Cone Health digital pathology DocGo Dr. B DrFirst Edifecs Elevate Addiction Services Franciscan Health GE Healthcare Gradient Health H 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
Business of Healthcare and Value Based Care – 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 healthcare business and value based care predictions.
Jon Kimerle, Epic Alliance Manager at Pure Storage
It’s time to clean out the garage: simplification and...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 4, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT 2023 Health IT Predictions Amy Campbell AristaMD Bamboo Health BJ Schaknowski Capital One Carenet Health Carlene MacMillan Chris Sullivan CipherHealth Clint Draw Source Type: blogs
Therapy Brands Acquires New Hampshire-Based The Echo Group
Acquisition Expands Therapy Brands Capabilities as a Provider of High-Value Software for Therapists
Therapy Brands, a leading health-care technology partner for mental, behavioral, and rehabilitative therapy practices, announced today that it has acquired New Hampshire-based The Echo Group, the creators of EchoVantage EHR, a visual-based EHR for behavioral health. This acquisition will allow Therapy Brands to expand its capabilities and offer complimentary solutions to its growing product portfolio.
“With this acquisition of The Echo Group, we begin an exciting time at Therapy Brands to expand our enterprise capabilities...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 12, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Allan Normandin behavioral health EchoVantage EHR Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Jeffrey Shoreman Nicole Lininger The Echo Group Therapy Brands Visual-Based EHR Source Type: blogs
NextGen Healthcare Announces Agreement to Acquire TSI Healthcare
NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXGN), a leading provider of innovative cloud-based healthcare technology solutions, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire TSI Healthcare, a privately held value-added reseller located in Chapel Hill, NC. The acquisition shall be deemed effective 11:59 p.m. on November 30, 2022. The consideration is comprised of an upfront amount of $68 million, which will be paid in cash with contingent consideration of up to $22 million in cash in the form of an earnout, subject to achieving certain financial targets through March 31, 2025. The acquisition is expected to contri...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 9, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Ambulatory Healthcare Cardiology David Dickson Jr. David Sides Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Nasdaq: NXGN NextGen Healthcare NextGen Healthcare Inc. Pulmonology Rheumatology TSI H Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – November 27, 2022 – 60% of hospitals use 50+ operations systems, CHIME names Theresa Meadows as CIO of the Year, 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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A survey from symplr and CHIME found that 60% of CIOs are managing more than 50 point solutions to manage healthcare operations, with 24% of organizations using at least 150 such applications. Not surprisingly, 88% of CIOs ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 27, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System AdvancedMD Amazon HealthLake CHIME DocGo Dottie Barrett Edifecs EMOTIV Empowered-Home Erin Kullgren Fatima Cody Stanford Feel Therapeutics Fundamenta Source Type: blogs
We ’re confusing resilience with grit [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “It’s not that physicians need to be more resilient. We’ve failed to provide them with the goodwill to be human and embrace their “whole selves” (people who are resilient often but not always), access to safe and consistent relationships to heal, and systems that
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We’re confusing resilience with grit [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 20, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Practice Management Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
DirectTrust and EHNAC Announce Merger Agreement
EHNAC to merge with and into DirectTrust; EHNAC Commission will remain intact
DirectTrust and the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) today announced an agreement to merge EHNAC with and into DirectTrust, effective January 4, 2023. DirectTrust is a non-profit healthcare industry alliance created to support secure, identity-verified electronic exchanges of protected health information. EHNAC is a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body for organizations that electronically exchange healthcare data.
With EHNAC’s incorporation into DirectTrust, DirectTrust anticipates br...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 17, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Interoperability Regulations Debra Hopkinson directtrust ehnac Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare Interoperability Healthcare M&A Lee Barrett Scott Stuewe TEFCA Source Type: blogs
The powerful role of administrative leaders in high-value primary care
The market for health administrators in the U.S. is projected to grow 28 percent from 2021 to 2031, growing more rapidly than the average for all other occupations. Traditionally, those in health administration work in hospitals, large health systems, health plan organizations, and consulting firms. However, health administration has the potential to contribute value to
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The powerful role of administrative leaders in high-value primary care originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 13, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Sara Pastoor, MD Tags: Physician Practice Management Source Type: blogs
