In a recent New York Times article titled "In Constant Battle With Insurers, Doctors Reach for a Cudgel: A.I.," Dr. Azlan Tariq's struggle against insurance denials highlights a growing issue in healthcare.

Effective healthcare delivery requires easy access to critical information.

A growing number of health systems are forging joint venture partnerships to develop, acquire or partner with ambulatory surgery centers as more complex care continues to migrate from inpatient to outpatient settings. 

Providence, a 51-hospital health system with central offices in Renton, Wash., and Irvine, Calif., recently set out to modernize its perioperative processes and support growth across its organization, which spans seven states. As part of those efforts, the health system is scaling a new AI platform for scheduling surgeries.

In a market characterized by increasing financial pressures and competition, organizational leaders are continuously striving to get the most value from their provider enterprise.

ALPHARETTA, Ga., April 18, 2024 – Savista, a leading healthcare revenue cycle management services company, has announced today that it will expand its global capabilities to include colleagues in the Philippines, in addition to its U.S and India based workforce.

ALPHARETTA, Ga., June 26, 2024 – Savista, a leading healthcare revenue cycle management services company, has launched a new cutting-edge AI capability in the form of a patient-facing digital agent. The Conversational AI voice agent, named Sophia, uses Large Language Models and Generative AI to provide an improved patient experience and help patients resolve their healthcare financial obligations.

The convergence of technology and healthcare has been nothing short of a revolution, transforming the way people find, access, and manage everything from routine dental checkups to therapy. But as these experiences go digital, individuals are becoming more conscious than ever about the security of their data.

The average wait time for the third next available appointment across 11 medical specialties in 23 U.S. metro areas is 38 days, starkly contrasting with the traditional 14-day benchmark.

With all the changes and disruptions impacting healthcare, the need for innovation has never been greater. Organizations that don’t prioritize innovative thinking risk falling behind their competitors. That’s why rewiring your culture to encourage and reward innovation is so crucial.

The rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) in healthcare promises to revolutionize patient care,research, and operational efficiency. Healthcare's secureapproach to AI offers valuable lessonsfor all industries.

Today’s economic pressures, changing reimbursement policies, and competition for talent suggest we are never really done improving our revenue cycle management processes.

As oft-cited as social determinant of health investments may be in healthcare discussions and strategy, their causal relationship to health outcomes remains blurry with savings that are often overestimated, according to a brief published in July by The Manhattan Institute.

System financial stability and staffing levels are top of mind for healthcare professionals, a recent Becker's poll found.

More and more we’re seeing people take stock of their health and reconsider what quality healthcare means to them. As people have started putting a greater emphasis in personalizing their healthcare, they can be faced with a number of complex decisions about their treatment plans.

With a new partnership, Baptist Health said it seeks to unlock access to medications amid "challenging payor networks."

Having an adequate blood supply is of vital importance in healthcare. Organizations are using modern, innovative, collaborative ways to ensure the sustainability of their blood supply. Much of that collective effort is focused on partnering with community-based independent blood centers.

Health systems are increasingly pursuing joint venture partnerships to improve care quality and expand access. Joint ventures centered around the development, acquisition or operation of ambulatory surgery centers are gaining significant traction as healthcare continues to migrate from hospitals to outpatient settings. 

Americans and their healthcare providers are still determining their stance on artificial intelligence (AI). A January 2024 American Medical Association survey found that most doctors see the upside, while nurses, represented by one of their largest labor unions, have called for caution.

Healthcare organizations are at a critical inflection point: the industry is generating about one-third of the world's data, but health systems need new ways to make that information actionable to support value-based and patient-centered care.