In this episode, Aron Klein shares insights on the top revenue cycle pressures facing health systems today, including payer policies, rising denials, and regulatory uncertainty, while also discussing how Carle Health is using automation and systemwide efficiencies to strengthen performance…
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OhioHealth is advancing plans to acquire its 17th hospital, and WVU Health System announced a deal that would grow its system to 30 hospitals. Here are two hospital M&A moves that Becker’s reported during the week of Nov.17: 1. Columbus,…
Chicago-based GE HealthCare is set to acquire Intelerad, a medical imaging software company with a strong outpatient and ambulatory presence, for $2.3 billion in cash. The deal will expand GE HealthCare’s enterprise imaging footprint beyond hospitals and academic centers into…
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Prairie du Sac, Wis.-based Sauk Prairie Healthcare is partnering with Jorie AI to advance automation across the system’s revenue cycle operations. Through Jorie AI’s technology, the system will integrate end-to-end automation throughout its revenue cycle, according to a Nov. 20…
All inpatient units at Goshen (Ind.) Hospital now operate with a 1-to-4 nurse-to-patient ratio. The move is meant to ensure all bedside nurses have manageable workloads and can provide safe, effective care for patients, the hospital said in a Nov.…