Financial/Revenue Cycle Management

EHR market share in flux as small hospitals seek platforms to suit their needs

By Mike Miliard 04:27 pm May 24, 2018

New KLAS report tracks the ups and downs of more than 200 hospital contracts in 2017.

Healthcare is on the cusp of value-based care but providers are still fishing in the fee-for-service waters because there is no incentive to make the switch, for now.

How to communicate the value of value-based analytics initiatives

By Mike Miliard 09:34 am May 23, 2018

Convincing the C-suite that there's ROI in projects that may seem intangible is a necessary skill to drive success in accountable care.

Denise Olivares Prognos VP talks about financial analytics

Prognos VP says analytics success requires a marriage of business and IT

By Susan Morse 01:31 pm May 21, 2018

Denise Olivares explains that women tend to be good at piecing together various data sets, as she does in working with healthcare payers to identify risk within a patient population.

Vecna and Imprivata partner on biometric palm vein scanning for secure patient check-in

By Bill Siwicki 01:09 pm May 17, 2018

The integrated technology aims to streamline patient registration, safeguard privacy and enhance patient engagement.

genomics company analyzing dna sample data

Healthcare investor Triventures backs genomics company Genoox in $6 million funding round

By Bill Siwicki 12:05 pm May 15, 2018

The vendor seeks to advance precision medicine through its next-generation sequencing technology and genomic data analytics.

hospital pharmacy uses analytics on computer

The in-house analytics projects at Rapid City Regional Hospital have also shown some interesting findings about costs and opportunities for revenue in their retail approach to their pharmacy operations.

Why hospitals need to adopt a 'retail mindset' when it comes to analytics

By Mike Miliard 09:03 am May 15, 2018

Accountable care demands that data crunching these days be agile to enable quick pivots in strategy, says the director of pharmacy at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Part of the group practice's strategy is to train triage nurses to work with providers to schedule urgent appointments, even double booking when necessary.

Columbia Medical Associates saves $6.5 million in total cost of care by tackling ED visits

By Bill Siwicki 04:34 pm May 14, 2018

The multi-specialty group practice undertook a large project to use analytics and reduce emergency room utilization – and it worked.

Indiana psychiatric facilities to roll out Cerner EHR, revenue cycle software

By Bernie Monegain 01:21 pm May 11, 2018

Indiana Family and Social Services Administration becomes third new Cerner customer in a month that has seen some major EHR implementations.

Change Healthcare joins with Adobe and Microsoft on new patient engagement tech

By Mike Miliard 12:54 pm May 08, 2018

Together, the companies will develop a cloud-based tool that can "aggregate and activate" consumer data from disparate sources: EHRs, registration, scheduling, billing and more.

patient paying medical bill at doctor office

It's not just EHRs: Interoperability also poses big challenges for revenue cycle

By Mike Miliard 03:29 pm May 07, 2018

Healthcare organizations that use multiple RCM systems have higher rates of denials and big difficulties gathering and normalizing data, according to a new HIMSS Analytics report.