UChicago Medicine is using automation to move revenue cycle staff away from routine insurance and prior authorization tasks and into more complex cases that require human judgment. Matthew Kennedy, director of patient access and financial clearance at UChicago Medicine, discussed…
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In this episode, Tanner White, MBA, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer at Altru Devils Lake, joins the podcast to discuss the workforce challenges facing healthcare organizations and the importance of developing strategies to attract, retain and support staff in a changing…
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Boone, N.C.-based UNC Health Appalachian has posted its first positive operating margin in about a decade, reversing a projected $45 million loss in part due to a new Epic EHR. President and CEO Nathan Nipper credited the turnaround to workforce…
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Adventist Health Sonora (Calif.) has reached a settlement of $18.5 million with seven women who alleged sexual abuse from physical therapist Jason Elias who worked at Adventist Health for decades. The complaint alleged at least five Adventist Health employees witnessed…
Google cybersecurity subsidiary Wiz has launched Scan for Good, an AI-driven initiative that has already uncovered critical security exposures at a public hospital and a private hospital. The program pairs Wiz’s AI-powered Red Agent penetration-testing tool with Google DeepMind’s Gemini…
In 2023, Baton Rouge, La.-based FMOL Health introduced a rapid sepsis diagnostic test, and since then, the 10-hospital system has reduced sepsis mortality 24% and saved a life every three days. Since rolling out the diagnostic test across the organization,…