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Optum360, Change Healthcare, Waystar among highest ranked vendors for Black Book’s revenue cycle survey

Black Book surveyed nearly 4,500 hospital and health system CFOs, Finance and RCM vice-presidents, others to come up the top performers.

Maine Health’s hospital members orgs consolidate into single nonprofit system

Combining will help MaineHealth "build a system of integrated care," notably including a common electronic medical records system.

American Medical Association upgrades mapping tool to help providers identify underserved areas

The mapping tool identifies health professional shortage areas, hospital locations, workforce trends, wellness barriers.

BayCare Health puts self-service biometric kiosks in Publix grocery stores

Consumers can use the TechDecks to measure blood pressure, weight and other metrics, then send those to doctors at BayCare.

UChicago Medicine, Advocate Children’s, NorthShore form major pediatric collaboration to enhance care, access

The collaboration is effective immediately and builds on the recently-revealed joint operating agreement between Advocate Health Care and NorthShore.

Hospitals are roadblocks to patient EHR data requests, despite HIPAA

Study from Yale researchers found some hospitals aren’t complying with state, federal regulations for patient records requests.

Strong supply chain needs collaboration, according to GHX

The industry continues to struggle with accurate or complete clinical supply capture at the point of care.

Health insurers for Indiana hospitals are paying three times what Medicare pays

Hospital margins of 10 percent and greater are the result of insurers paying too much, study says.