Continuous access to electronic health records will fuel the digital transformation of medicine. For data-sharing initiatives, the challenge lies in ensuring data access aligns with the interests of data holders. Federated data access authorization,…
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Breaking News: FDA’s Landmark Decision
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made a groundbreaking announcement on January 15, 2025, revoking the authorization of Red No. 3 in food products and ingested medications. This decisive action…
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– Availity®, the nation’s leading real-time health information network, and Concert®, the leading provider of clinical content and payment accuracy solutions for advanced diagnostics, have partnered to digitize and automate the…
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What You Should Know:
– Innovaccer Inc., a healthcare AI company, announced today a $275M Series F funding round.
– The latest investment, combined with primary and secondary funding, includes participation from prominent investors such as…
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Those hoping for meaningful drug pricing and prior authorization reform this holiday season received a lump of coal instead.
On Saturday, President Joe Biden signed a narrower spending bill that avoided a government shutdown but…
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It’s a multiphased project that will see the Cheers CRM enabling Sentara Health’s clinical access center to view all of the patient information in one dashboard, including scheduled appointments, bills and claims, and previous…
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Steve Kim, CEO of Valer
As a physician, the odds that you’ve had a negative experience related to the prior authorization process are (unfortunately) highly likely. According to the American Medical Association’s (AMA) 2023 Prior…
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Prior authorizations are a major pain point in the healthcare life cycle, with clinicians and payers alike finding the process complex, costly, and error prone. According to a CAQH report published in 2024, about…
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Prior authorization has been a bone of contention between payers and providers for some time now. Payers argue that it helps avoid unnecessary care and reduces costs, while providers say it creates administrative…
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As many patients with traditional health insurance do in the US, I scheduled some additional medical appointments for the fall and early winter once I realized that I had met my insurance deductible. One…
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