XiFin enhances payer rate monitor, adds intelligence hub
The health care information technology company XiFin announced that it has released a new version of its Payor Rate Transparency Monitor and launched its Payor Intelligence Hub.
XiFin has added Humana and Blue Shield of California to Payor Rate Transparency Monitor 2.0 to provide laboratories, diagnostics providers, and pharmacies with deeper insights into in-network contracted reimbursement rates and trends across payers nationwide. The latest release offers a more comprehensive view of the payer landscape through interactive visualizations drawn from 7 TB of data reported by payers in accordance with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Transparency in Coverage final rule. It also provides faster load times, reformatting to better fit mobile device screens, and the option to select specific payers for targeted analysis, according to a company press release.
XiFin’s newly launched Payor Intelligence Hub is a curated collection of billing news articles, white papers, blogs, and webinars intended to help providers better understand and address payer behaviors. The hub features a monthly spotlight on a specific payer practice and the “2024 Payor Denial Impact Report,” which provides an in-depth analysis of millions of claims processed on the XiFin platform.
XiFin, 866-934-6364
Computer Service and Support adds AI to laboratory system
Computer Service and Support has launched Avalon Insights, an artificial intelligence module for its Avalon laboratory information system.
The AI tool automatically analyzes a patient’s test results and generates comprehensive reports featuring probable and alternative diagnoses, personalized health and lifestyle recommendations, and key questions for patients to discuss with their health care providers.
Laboratories can send a batch of results to Avalon Insights and receive detailed reports for each patient simultaneously.
CSS, 800-336-4277
Oracle unveils new EHR
Oracle has announced that it will introduce its next-generation electronic health record system, which will embed artificial intelligence across the entire clinical workflow, in 2025.
The cloud-based Oracle Health EHR offers, among other intuitive design functionality, integrated conversational search and voice-driven navigation in lieu of drop-down screens and traditional menus. “This will enable physicians to more easily access critical patient information, such as recent vitals, medications, notes, and labs,” according to a company press release.
The EHR will be integrated with the Oracle Health Command Center, which provides data insights to manage resources and processes systemwide, and other Oracle Health applications. It will also embed Oracle Health Data Intelligence, an AI and analytics solution that can continuously integrate patient data from thousands of sources, including clinical, claims, and pharmacy, to provide real-time insights in patient health.
Oracle, 800-633-0738
Proscia recognized in KLAS emerging solutions report
Proscia’s Concentriq enterprise pathology platform has been listed in the “2024 KLAS Emerging Solutions Top 20” report for its potential to improve patient outcomes.
“The 2024 emerging solutions top 20 winners are truly disrupting the market with their innovative solutions,” according to Adam Gale, CEO of the research and insights firm KLAS. “These companies are demonstrating exceptional creativity and effectiveness in taking on some of health care’s biggest challenges.”
KLAS enlisted 49 health care thought leaders to read about customers’ experiences with various health care technologies in its Emerging Solutions Spotlight or First Look reports in order to rank those offerings based on their perceptions of the technologies’ potential to impact each arm of the Quadruple Aims of health care: improve outcomes, reduce the cost of care, improve patient experiences, and improve clinician experiences. The five highest-ranked companies in each of the four categories were listed as winners.
To qualify for the top 20 emerging solutions report, each product or service that was assessed had to have received a customer score of at least 85 out of 100 in the KLAS Spotlight or First Look reports between June 2023 and June 2024.
Proscia, 215-608-5411
Dr. Aller practices clinical informatics in Southern California. He can be reached at rayaller@gmail.com. Dennis Winsten is founder of Dennis Winsten & Associates, Healthcare Systems Consultants. He can be reached at dennis.winsten@gmail.com.