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Ensemble Health Partners Announces Strategic Revenue Cycle Partnership with OU Medicine, Inc.
Ensemble Health PartnersFebruary 19, 2021 GMT
Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Ensemble Health Partners (“Ensemble”), a top-ranked leader in financial management services for health care providers, announced today that is has been selected by OU Medicine, Inc. as their strategic revenue cycle management partner. Ensemble brings a combination of key technologies, best practices and exceptional operators that will drive financial performance improvement, as well as world-class patient experiences for all Oklahomans at every stage of life.
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For the eleventh straight year Epic has earned the top spot in the annual Best in KLAS Awards, named Overall Software Suite in the research firm s Best in KLAS 2021 Software & Services report.
KLAS has been busy in the past few weeks, with a pair of studies on interoperability among its recent reports.
Best in KLAS – which assesses some 1,200 products and services from more than 450 vendors – is based on more than 22,000 evaluations the firm conducted in 2020. Researchers have spoken to clinicians and staff at more than 4,500 hospitals and 2,500 clinics. Each year, thousands of healthcare professionals across the globe take the time to share their voice with KLAS, said Adam Gale, president of KLAS Research in a statement. They know that sharing their perspective helps vendors improve and helps their peers make better decisions.
What You Should Know:
– Epic was named the top Overall Software Suite for the eleventh consecutive year in the Best in KLAS 2021 Software & Services report, released today, which reports on the top vendors for 2020. Epic was also named the top Overall Physician Practice Vendor. Galen Healthcare Solutions was named the top Overall IT Services Firm. The Chartis Group earned the award of top Overall Healthcare Management Consulting Firm, edging out last year’s winner, Accenture.
– Released annually, the Best in KLAS Software & Services recognizes the leading vendors for solutions, services, and management consulting offered in the United States. The Global Best in KLAS 2021 report, released concurrently, recognizes the leading software and service organizations that serve the global healthcare market outside the United States.
‘Payviders,’ burnout and COVID-19 are among the threats to a better year for hospitals in 2021
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Among the many looming threats hospitals will face in 2021 is the rise of so-called payviders insurers that have bought or partnered with medical groups and other providers.
“The line between providers and payers is getting blurrier and blurrier over the course of time with major payers taking significant positions in the provider space,” said David Morlock, a managing director in Cain Brothers’ Health Systems M&A group.
Such deals exploded in 2020, a trend that will likely continue this year. That doesn’t bode well for hospitals, as these deals usually entail managing patients’ cost using global budgets. That means keeping them out of the most expensive settings namely, anything involving a hospital.