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AI Partnerships in Revenue Cycle Are No Longer Experimental

Jason Free — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 11:59:02 +0000

The new strategic partnership between Ensemble Health Partners and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (MLH) marks a decisive turn in the healthcare industry’s approach to revenue cycle management (RCM). It is an operational realignment built on a belief that revenue cycle functions are now too complex, too tech-driven, and too strategic to remain fragmented or under-resourced.

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SYNERGEN Health’s Sunil Konda Explores AI’s True Role in Revenue Cycle Strategy

Jason Free — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 10:17:27 +0000

Sunil Konda, Chief Product Officer at SYNERGEN Health, brings grounded clarity to this evolving landscape. With more than 16 years of experience spanning product strategy, population health, interoperability, and analytics, Konda has emerged as one of the sector’s most practically minded RCM voices. In this exclusive Q&A with HIT Leaders & News, he offers a measured, metrics-driven perspective on how automation should be implemented, what it should accomplish, and where its limits reside.

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AI’s Real Cost in the RCM Pipeline

Jason Free — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 08:26:19 +0000

The AI pitch in revenue cycle management is seductive: automate denials, accelerate prior auth, optimize coding, and reduce staff overhead. But inside health systems, the numbers aren’t telling the same story. Across the RCM stack, AI is introducing costs that vendors rarely disclose like governance debt, retraining drag, rework cycles, and legal exposure. And it’s piling up fast.

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Agentic AI Raises the Stakes for Healthcare Software Leaders

Jason Free — Tue, 13 May 2025 13:12:33 +0000

Rahul Sharma, CEO of HSBlox, presents Agentic AI as the natural evolution of healthcare technology. In his Q&A with HIT Leaders & News, Sharma argues that autonomous agents, systems capable of interpreting, deciding, and acting in real time, will make traditional SaaS platforms obsolete. He frames Agentic AI as the infrastructure behind future-ready h,ealthcare, enabling smoother care transitions, proactive claims management, and more efficient clinical workflows.

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CareCloud Moves into Audiology: What the RevNu Acquisition Reveals About Niche RCM Growth

Jason Free — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:51:41 +0000

In a strategic move that expands its specialty care footprint, CareCloud announced the acquisition of RevNu Medical Management, an audiology-focused revenue cycle management (RCM) firm based in Westminster, California. The deal marks CareCloud’s second acquisition in as many months, following its purchase of MesaBilling, and reflects the company's intention to dominate underserved verticals in healthcare billing and technology.

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Knox Public Health Improves Revenue with eClinicalWorks EHR and Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Optimization Services

Jason Free — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 10:32:02 +0000

eClinicalWorks, the largest ambulatory cloud EHR, announced that Knox Public Health successfully optimized eClinicalWorks Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) to improve operational efficiency.

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R1 RCM to be Acquired by TowerBrook and CD&R for $8.9 Billion

Jason Free — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 11:38:40 +0000

R1 RCM (“R1” or the “Company”), a leading provider of technology-driven solutions that transform the patient experience and financial performance of healthcare providers, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by investment funds affiliated with TowerBrook Capital Partners and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”), in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $8.9 billion.

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