In this episode, Javier Favela, VP Market & Segment Leader at NextGen, discusses how AI can reduce administrative burden, expand behavioral health capacity and support earlier, more personalized interventions while keeping clinicians and human connection at the center of care.…
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The Justice Department’s scrutiny of Medicare Advantage risk adjustment is intensifying, with two recent settlements totaling nearly $1.1 billion highlighting federal concerns about diagnosis coding practices that can increase payments to health plans. The latest came Aug. 27, when The…
Adventist Health has gone live on Epic across 27 hospitals and more than 440 clinics in California, Oregon and Hawaii, completing the largest technology implementation in the health system’s history. The transition began Aug. 30 and moves the Roseville, Calif.-based…
Beth Cavanaugh, RN, MSN, director of clinical services at The START Center for Cancer Care, leads infusion center and clinic operations across the organization’s San Antonio locations. As patient volume grew, the independent oncology practice faced a familiar question: Did…
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Ruston, La.-based Northern Louisiana Medical Center has until Oct. 1 to correct patient care deficiencies or lose its Medicare funding, according to CBS and ABC affiliate KNOE. The 130-bed hospital, operated by Shreveport, La.-based Allegiance Health Management, must submit an…
Health systems are expanding partnerships with Big Tech companies as they race to deploy AI, modernize infrastructure and improve cybersecurity. Here are five collaborations involving Amazon, Microsoft and Google reported on in the past month: 1. Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health…
Of employed adults who could be enrolled in Medicaid expansion and face upcoming work requirements, 19.8% are at risk of noncompliance due to their hours. Under HR 1, many expansion enrollees will need to work, attend school or volunteer for…