HealthRecon Connect and Shadowbox Announce Strategic Partnership

HealthRecon Connect and Shadowbox, Inc. are proud to announce a strategic partnership aimed at delivering innovative, tech-forward solutions that reduce costs, increase revenue, and minimize administrative tasks for healthcare providers. This collaboration promises increased collections, efficiency and speed for processing claims.

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In the Age of Generative AI, Will the Insatiable Need for Data Trigger a Reckoning for Healthcare?

Several weeks ago, I had the honor of sitting among some of the finest minds in healthcare and engineering to learn about the Future of Digital Health presented by the Center for Health Innovation at UCSD Health. Funded in large part by San Diego philanthropists Joan and Irwin Jacobs, the Center intends to be a driving force in the transformation of healthcare.

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The Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) for Laboratories: What You Need to Know 

Congress passed the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) in 2014. The purpose was to ensure millions of seniors could maintain access to critical health services, however the reality is that Congress was looking for an offset to previously mandated cuts to reimbursement for Physicians which were regularly exempted each year by Congress.  PAMA “limited” cuts to laboratories at 10% in each of year one through three, and 15% in each of the following three years. 

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The True Cost of Traditional Lab-EHR Integrations

Automation and real-time data exchange are critical tools to advance quality care and reduce cost in healthcare. That said, more than 50% of diagnostic labs still operate using paper forms. The true cost of those paper forms is at least $30 per order. 

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Healthcare Has Outgrown the EHR

Accelerated by a worldwide pandemic and a tectonic shift toward telehealth and at-home care, the future of healthcare will demand the connection of multiple data sources to provide full visibility to a patient’s medical history. 

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