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RevSpring, Next Level Medical Partner on Patient Engagement
April 19, 2023

Healthcare payments provider RevSpring has launched a partnership with Texas health company Next Level Medical. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (April 19), lets Next Level offer its patients “a connected and seamless healthcare engagement experience,” while eliminating data errors and administrative overhead, RevSpring said in a...

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Hospitals Adopt Gig Economy Apps as Nurses Seek Flexible Hours
April 18, 2023

Hospitals are reportedly turning to gig economy apps to fill shifts amid a nursing shortage. This change comes at a time when hospitals continue to struggle with staffing issues after seeing the largest drop in nurse employment in four decades during the pandemic years of...

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UnitedHealth Group and Optum See Growth of In-Home Care Trend
April 14, 2023

As the health insurance ecosystem deals with the May ending of COVID emergency measures that will redetermine coverage for millions, UnitedHealthcare and its Optum unit are seeing growth, with particular strength in its home health offerings. On its first-quarter 2023 earnings call Friday (April 14)...

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Salesforce Debuts Commerce Cloud for Healthcare Field
April 12, 2023

Salesforce has rolled out a version of its Commerce Cloud for the healthcare field. The HIPAA-compliant platform, announced in a Wednesday (April 12) press release, is designed to streamline healthcare commerce experiences while reducing costs. “As the healthcare industry’s digital transformation continues, organizations that don’t...

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Credit Reporting Agencies Remove More Medical Collections Debt From Reports
April 11, 2023

Three credit reporting agencies have taken another step in removing medical collection tradelines from credit reports. Equifax, Experian and TransUnion have removed medical collections debt with an initial reported balance of under $500 from U.S. consumer credit reports, the three credit reporting agencies said Tuesday...

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UnitedHealth Group Acquires New York-Based Physician Group
April 10, 2023

UnitedHealth Group has reportedly acquired New York-based Crystal Run Healthcare. Crystal Run Healthcare is a physician group with a network of 400 doctors, and UnitedHealth Group’s acquisition shows that managed care companies have a growing interest in primary care providers, Seeking Alpha reported Monday (April...

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Healthcare Industry Could Be Generative AI’s Biggest Proving Ground 
April 10, 2023

Nowhere are innovative breakthroughs more impactful and life-changing than in healthcare and medicine. At the same time as certain technology leaders are calling for a pause on the development of artificial intelligence (AI), other industry observers believe that integrating AI into healthcare could deliver previously unimaginable treatments...

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Technology and Behavioral Changes Needed to Cut Paper Out of Healthcare
April 10, 2023

There’s a high probability that even the most digitally savvy consumers still receive an explanation of benefits (EOB) letter between actual bills for medical services rendered. That’s going to be with us for a while yet, but there’s a light at the end of that...

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Amazon Clinic Chief Sees Intersection of Retail and Healthcare
April 06, 2023

The future of healthcare will look a lot more like retail with customer experience coming first and artificial intelligence (AI) playing a larger role in that transformation. These were among the takeaways from a series of discussions during the CNBC Healthy Returns 2023 Summit last...