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Bassett Healthcare Network outsources IT, RCM operations to Optum
The New York-based rural health system has entered into a collaboration to outsource its IT and revenue cycle management operations to Optum. Further, about 500 Bassett employees, who currently perform those functions, will be given the opportunity to transition to Optum.
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Per a new strategic collaboration, Optum will take over information technology and revenue cycle management operations for Cooperstown, New York-based Bassett Healthcare Network.
The organizations announced the collaboration last week, stating that Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based Optum will provide the health system with a range of services. These include tools and strategies that support the patient journey, from scheduling to payment; new analytic capabilities; modernized revenue cycle processes; and IT strategies that include enhancing infrastructure and network security across all five hospitals in Bassett’s network.