Technology
We’ve reported recently on the No Surprises Act and the necessity for taking steps to prepare for the resultant advanced EOBs. This is advice that nears repeating, as the deadline for implementation approaches. The Kaiser Family Foundation has a comprehensive overview of the No Surprises Act available here.
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Kevin Levitt, Global Business Development, Financial Services, NVIDIA, has an excellent post at Finextra.com examining the prevalence — and importance — of Artificial Intelligence adoption in fintechs, investment firms, and consumer banks.
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Inside Marketer at eMarketer reports on a new survey from US Bank that was conducted on 1,113 US adults. The survey revealed that the pandemic spurred a surge in digital medical payments. Some of the figures they cited that in the last year, 44% of consumers paid their bill at the doctor’s office, 28% paid through an online portal, and 23% paid via a mobile app—but still, over 32%paid by mail, and 21% paid via phone.
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In case you missed it, over the past month, we have published incredible content on our OrboNation Blog and Modernizing Omnichannel Check Fraud Detection. Review the latest OrboNation Newsletter online or via PDF download.
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Wal-Mart — already equipped with its own credit and debit/prepaid cards — has in recent months partnered with Ribbit Capital to start a fintech. Payments Journal reports that they are also looking at more financial services offerings via a branded all-purpose mobile app. Wal-Mart certainly has the audience to compete with banks. As reported in Barron’s:
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In case you missed it, over the past month, we have published incredible content on our OrboNation Blog and Modernizing RCM with AI. Review the latest OrboNation Newsletter online or via PDF download.
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Tucson Gastroenterology seemed to have their billing system well in hand, staffed with professionals that had long association with the organization and deep knowledge of their methodology and procedures. What could go wrong? Well, as examined at RevCycleIntelligence, those experienced in-house professionals eventually had to retire, handing a complex (and somewhat intuitive) set of instructions…
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No, this is not a scene from a sci-fi action movie starring the immortal Arnold Schwarzenegger. As far as we know, there is no “Skynet” that has developed an artificial intelligence with the motive of eradicating all human life.
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The Architecture, Infrastructure, and Operations Booklet is one in a series of booklets that compose the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) Information Technology Examination Handbook (IT Handbook), prepared for use by examiners. As described at the FFIEC website: With the publication of this booklet, the FFIEC member agencies replace the “Operations” booklet issued in July 2004.…
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The No Surprises Act — which is part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act introduced earlier this year — is a pretty straightforward proposition: It is designed eliminate some of the surprises that group health plan participants encounter from unexpected charges. Health Affairs This Week Podcast provides a tidy summary of the act. An initiative that affects revenue cycle needs further discussion : Advanced EOBs.
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