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Denials Teardown: What's Actually Working in Independent Practices Right Now

Most practice leaders believe denials are under control. New data tells a different story. In a survey of 360 independent practices, only 1 in 4 could pinpoint where revenue was leaking, and denials were climbing for nearly half. The reason…

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Ian Maurer, VP, Veradigm
Jana Fullbright, Director of Revenue Cycle, State of Franklin Healthcare
Joseph Jacot, CEO, Michigan Vascular Center

Lurie Children's turns 'curbside consults' into billable encounters

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago increased documented interprofessional consultations from an average of 0.9 per week to more than 40 per week after launching a hospitalwide program to capture and bill for informal “curbside” consults, according…

What does it take to be a lasting AI partner to health systems?

BJC Health, Hartford HealthCare, NYU Langone Health, UNC Health, University of Utah Health and WVU Medicine are finding out.

Wisconsin health system names chief supply officer

Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health has named Laurent Cauchi vice president and chief supply officer. Mr. Cauchi will lead systemwide supply chain operations, strategic sourcing, inventory management, value analysis, distribution and supplier partnership strategies, according to an Aug. 13 Aspirus Health…

Illinois hospitals get $31M for tech under rural health program

The Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network has executed three grant agreements worth more than $50 million with the state to fund rural hospital technology, disease prevention and workforce initiatives. ICAHN signed the agreements with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and…

MLR Under Pressure: Where Risk Ends and Margin Begins

By the time MLR pressure shows up in your numbers, the margin may already be locked into the quarter. The question is whether you’ll spot the signals early enough to change the outcome. Most health plans don’t recognize margin pressure…

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Stewart Hinrichsen, Senior Director, Value-Based Strategy, Martin's Point
Raj Lakhanpal, Chief Executive Officer, SpectraMedix
Sean Kelly, Senior Vice President, Growth and Business Development, SpectraMedix

Mercy nurses cut documentation time 22% with Microsoft AI

Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy reported a 22% reduction in flowsheet documentation time per shift after rolling out Microsoft’s Dragon Copilot AI assistant to nurses, according to a Microsoft customer story published Aug. 14. Mercy piloted the ambient AI tool in a…

Florida hospital names director of pharmacy

Homestead (Fla.) Hospital, part of Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health South Florida, has named Amy Montes, PharmD, director of pharmacy, according to an Aug. 11 LinkedIn post. Dr. Montes has worked at Baptist Health since February 2017, according to her…

Temple Health CIO retires

Debbie Cancilla has retired as executive vice president of data strategy and CIO of Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System. Vinay Bharel, senior vice president of information systems operations, now serves as interim CIO. Ms. Cancilla joined the 6-hospital academic system…

5 fixes for patient 'text overload': Penn Medicine researchers

Texting has become one of the most reliable ways to reach patients, but hospitals can easily overuse this communication mode and risk losing the channel entirely, Penn Medicine researchers wrote in a June 29 viewpoint in JAMA Internal Medicine. Kimberly…