News 9/6/24 – HIStalk
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Private equity firm New Mountain Capital will combine three of its healthcare billing portfolio businesses into a new company that is valued at $3 billion.
The companies are Rawlings Group, Apixio’s payment integrity…
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M&A roundup: Siemens to buy Novartis imaging for $223M, and more
Getting a PET scan in Europe could become easier as Siemens Healthineers agreed to buy drug giant Novartis’s nuclear diagnostics imaging business. Meanwhile, Enlitic announced it plans to acquire a radiology rival as a…
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Navigating the Murky Waters of Healthcare Billing
Ritwik Batabyal, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Mastek at Mastek
The traditional fee-for-service healthcare model, which reimburses providers based solely on the quantity of services delivered, is undergoing a much-needed transformation. The choice now…
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News 8/30/24 – HIStalk
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PatientPay completes its acquisition of billing, statement, and payment technology vendor ClearGage.
The combined companies will have 1,600 healthcare organization clients and 1.2 million patient digital wallets.
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PatientPay and ClearGage Merge to Improve Patient Payment Experience
What You Should Know:
– PatientPay, the leading patient billing and payments partner for acute, ambulatory and specialty care, and ClearGage, a leading provider of healthcare estimate and payment solutions, today announced the close of…
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Upgrade Hospital Cybersecurity with Phishing-Resistant MFA
Mike Harris, Sr. Manager of Business Development for ELATEC Inc.
In February 2024, the Change Healthcare ransomware attack shut down healthcare billing and authorization systems for providers across the nation, substantially impacting business systems, finances…
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Digital Therapeutics Sector See Billing Codes as Key to Breaking Free of Reimbursement Rut – MedCity News
When the FDA approves a drug, passing that regulatory bar of safety and efficacy puts it on the path toward likely reimbursement by government and commercial payers. The same has not been true for…
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3 Areas of Focus to Elevate the Customer Experience for All
1. Contact Center Solutions Are Key Tools for CX
Contact centers extend beyond a typical support call center to include an area with a “density of interactions,” such as a billing team, nursing station in…
Proposed new Medicare billing codes could boost digital mental health treatment
The proposed new Medicare billing codes in the proposed Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for 2025 include three specific codes for digital mental health treatment (DMHT) relating to professional services involving DMHT devices. This is…
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Security for Health IT, Both Old and New at Akamai | Healthcare IT Today
Akamai emerged just as the Web was getting big, and has been making web traffic fast and secure through most of the Web’s history. According to Tony Lauro, their Director of Security Technology &…
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