The Healthcare Administrative Technology Association has formally launched as a nonprofit trade association providing a forum for healthcare technology administrators and other stakeholders.
Stakeholders include administrative technology companies focused on practice management systems, payers, providers, administrative technology industry professionals, professional and/or trade associations, government entities and vendors.
"Formal representation of such an important piece of the healthcare ecosystem is critical to the advancement of the industry," said Tim McMullen, JD, executive director of the association. "HATA is a key stakeholder in the $40 billion physician revenue cycle industry and will be an active and influential voice promoting the goals and values within the healthcare administrative industry and driving administrative efficiencies."
More articles on health IT:
4 recent vendor contracts
7 recent health IT go-lives
Payment rules for non-MU eligible care facilities seek to tie reimbursement to EHR use