HBMA Innovation Conference: Should You Go? The Healthcare Billing Management Association (HBMA) is hosting its annual HBMA Innovation Conference next month in March. This appears to be the second or third year of the event, focused on revenue cycle management innovation and technology. As someone who recently served on both the Innovation Committee and Data […]
EHR Automation Legality: Can Vendors Stop You From Scraping Your Own Data? We recently explored whether practice management systems and electronic health record (EHR) vendors could legally prevent you from extracting your own data via automated tools like RPA (Robotic Process Automation) scraping. The question of EHR automation legality has become increasingly important as healthcare […]
Scraping EHR Data – Can Vendors Stop Your Bots? Over the years, I’ve had numerous discussions about whether Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendors can legally prevent healthcare organizations from accessing their own data through automated means. This question about scraping EHR data has significant implications for both medical practices and revenue cycle management companies seeking […]
Medical Billing Automation Challenges Medical billing automation offers enormous potential to streamline repetitive tasks in healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM). Despite its promise, the adoption of automation in medical billing has been slower than expected. While awareness of automation and AI is widespread, the industry faces several challenges that have hindered its progress. Understanding Automation […]
I attended the HBMA 2024 annual conference in Austin a couple of weeks ago, and the focus on technology, especially medical billing automation, was stronger than ever. Over the last 15+ years, I’ve never seen so many presentations and talks about automation and artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare revenue cycle management. While some of the […]
HBMA Webinar – “Building an RCM Technology Powerhouse: Starting with Denials” There is so much opportunity in RCM technology…You could set up interfaces to get data from your clients, build a practice management system for billing, create a killer analytics platform, or even develop an AI solution. Excited to announce my upcoming webinar for the […]
When considering medical billing technology and data solutions, the possibilities are vast. From analytics and workflow tools to automation and AI, the options are numerous. These solutions can integrate data from various systems, including EHRs, practice management, LIS, accounting, HR, and more. Making Strategic Decisions with Medical Billing Technology The question of whether to start […]
A billing company owner asked me recently whether or not automation in RCM —specifically software automation and robotic process automation—will wipe out the medical billing industry. This is someone who owns and runs a billing company and even implements some automation themselves. They have in-house engineers working on relatively simple automation, though not the more […]
Automation is not the answer. You might be thinking, “Wait, what? Isn’t Voyant a company that does RCM automation?” Yes, we do automation. So for us to say automation is probably not the answer, for you, there’s a good reason, and it’s not that we don’t believe in automation. We absolutely believe in automation. There’s […]
I’ll bet you didn’t know time travel was possible. Well, with some healthcare IT systems, it is. It’s not uncommon in billing to find yourself in a situation where there’s some unapplied balance. You receive an ERA, an EOB, or some form of payment, and for whatever reason, you can’t post the entire amount—or even […]