Tag: Healthcare Systems

AI in Healthcare Process

How AI is Transforming Healthcare Operations and Investment

The principal of a healthtech venture capital firm asserts that the most promising AI innovation from an investment standpoint involves rendering business models feasible. Investment focus has now shifted towards AI for a healthtech and medtech venture capital firm, which administers a capital pool exceeding $800 million earmarked for healthcare and technology startups. The healthtech […]
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Impact of Technology on Healthcare Management

The Impact of Technology on Healthcare Management

To efficiently manage healthcare, it is imperative for systems and management teams to maintain a continuous focus on becoming leaner. Healthcare administrators are responsible for overseeing an increasing number of hospitals, clinics, and medical facilities. Their responsibilities include managing operations, facilities, accounting, and policy, as well as evaluating and recommending new technology to improve patient-centered […]
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AMA Updates CPT Codes for Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine

The organization released new CPT codes for Pfizer’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine once FDA grants emergency use authorization for children between six months and five years of age. The American Medical Association (AMA) has updated the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set to include a new code for administering pediatric doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in […]
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How Urgent Care Enables Care Access, Reduces Healthcare Costs

  Urgent care centers have assisted in the country’s COVID-19 response, but their value extends well beyond the pandemic. The past decade has witnessed a surge in the number of urgent care centers, with more than 9,000 of these facilities located across the United States. With the country dealing with the effects of the coronavirus […]
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AMA Calls For Modifications To The Proposed Medicare 2021 Fee Schedule

The American Medical Association (AMA) says the proposed Medicare 2021 fee schedule should be modified to reflect changes brought on by the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. In detailed comments submitted to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma, the AMA warned that some proposed regulations in the fee schedule would hurt many practices already […]
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Industry Voices – Rebuilding Healthcare After a Pandemic

In healthcare, our adaptability and innovative execution in the weeks since the novel coronavirus outbreak has been faster than at any time in the decades the industry has been pursuing system wide innovation. Healthcare innovation combining technology, data integration and data sharing with a core of human-centered care has become our battle cry against COVID-19 […]
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Coding in Age of COVID-19: Deciphering Coding Nuances, Best Practices

Without much warning, the novel Coronavirus, or COVID-19, has taken over our healthcare system. It has taxed our healthcare workers, our national stockpiles of PPE, and affected millions of Americans nationwide. In addition to healthcare workers on the front lines, the pandemic has also impacted the healthcare revenue cycle, causing major confusion, questions, and inconsistencies as coding […]
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