Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
Everett Wilson, healthcare regulatory attorney with Polsinelli, says benefit increases to MA, piled onto increased consumer expectations, are squeezing insurers' bottom lines, and that affects providers with risk-based arrangements in particular.
Dugan Winkie, head of Commercial Strategy at Cedar, describes how virtual AI agent Anna offers consumers a safe space to ask questions and make payments.
The Barcelona-based venture firm will use its recent haul of €180 million ($200 million) to invest in healthcare technologies worldwide, says Maite Malet, its director of investments and corporate development, who explains how and where.
AKASA cofounder and CEO Malinka Walaliyadde says automation has helped the revenue cycle company find a return of $1.5 million in recovered additional revenue per each $1 billion of total patient revenue.
Kelly Arduino, healthcare practice leader at accounting firm Wipfli, discusses $800 million in cybersecurity resources recently made available by the White House, along with new tools and services from Microsoft, designed for critical access hospitals.
Dr. Traci Granston, medical director at Cohere, describes how information is extracted in real time, speeding the process to approve or to ensure medical necessity is met.
Providers and payers are scaling artificial intelligence to accelerate workflows, enhance patient care and unlock personalized medicine, say Oron Afek, CEO of Vim, and Ashok Chennuru, global chief data and insights officer at Elevance Health.
Zubin Khambatta, a healthcare attorney and partner at Holland & Knight, unpacks the rule, which was to go into effect on July 9 but has been challenged by the state of Texas.
The Change Healthcare cyberattack was a watershed moment, says Greg Surla, senior vice president and CISO for FinThrive. He advises providers to start with the cybersecurity performance goals before the government dictates controls.
Sal Lo, CEO of Jorie AI, discusses the company's policy of offering its automated billing and collections product to rural hospitals at a lower price to help them maximize reimbursements and sustain operations.
