Financial/Revenue Cycle Management

Rev1 Ventures, which announced Catalyst Fund III to invest in innovative life sciences companies, is a beneficial partner for startups and founders in the Great Lakes region, according to Ryan Helon, EVP.

The company partners with healthcare systems to provide tech-enabled women's health and OB/GYN services. It will use the funds to scale its reach and platform.

While 80% of a commercial bill is the plan's responsibility, 20% is owed by patients, says PayMedix CEO Tom Policelli.

According to Health Cluster Portugal Executive Director Joaquim Cunha, his association amplifies Portugal's healthcare competitiveness and innovation by coordinating multiple stakeholders.

For people with commercial insurance, the value of benefits for women is more than $1.3 billion less than men. 

The goal of the new nationwide ecosystem is to simplify patient access through virtual care pathways that work in tandem with local delivery, enabling higher quality and cost efficiencies for providers, says Transcarent CEO Glen Tullman.

A report from Bain and KLAS sees 80% of chief information officers and other tech leaders boosting their investments in software and digital tools. They've got rev cycle and clinical workflows top of mind, but their AI plans are still coming into focus.

Fifteen projects, including eight digital health initiatives, received $3 million in cash, Google Cloud credits and technical assistance.

The payer says its new care management platform built on Salesforce Health Cloud helps understand members' care needs better and other tools reduce the processing time for benefits administration from 24 hours to five minutes. 

The Salt Lake City health system cites "significantly higher" provider satisfaction scores as it moves to a single electronic health record. UPMC's switch to Epic for inpatient care by 2026, meanwhile, will be "transformative," says its CIO.