Greenway Health, a leading health information technology services provider, announced the launch of its new Greenway Revenue Services offering, GRS Select™, a customizable revenue cycle management (RCM) offering designed to meet the unique, individualized needs of healthcare practices as they rebuild and improve the profitability of their practices a year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Throughout 2020, spikes in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations put intense pressure on healthcare staff and resources, resulting in steep declines in non-COVID-19 volume and sharply reduced revenues, with ambulatory care institutions among those most impacted. For example, recent estimates show that visits to ambulatory care providers declined by nearly 60 percent last year with primary care practices experiencing a revenue loss of $15 billion. Practices will require new resources and added support to improve financial stability in 2021. GRS Select provides a customizable solution for practices to optimize revenue by identifying new opportunities, all while simplifying existing billing practices and alleviating administrative burden for staff.

“With growing expenses and reduced revenue, healthcare providers must put a stronger emphasis on revenue cycle management in order to maintain a viable business and continue delivering the services their patients expect,” said Pratap Sarker, president. “In this current landscape, there is not a one-size fits all solution. Every practice has its unique challenges and needs. With GRS Select we are enabling today’s providers with a quality, flexible offering that improves efficiency in the most critical areas of the revenue cycle so they can get back to doing what they do best – taking care of patients.”

In contrast to most RCM services, Greenway Revenue Services partners with practices’ current staff to help them improve efficiency and customize a solution to meet their unique needs. The practice maintains full control of their billing – and through shared technology access, full visibility into the work GRS performs at any time – to give practices’ more control over their future. By ensuring consistent connection between exemplary front- and back-office functions, and through more efficient clinical workflows, a partnership with GRS will help optimize a client’s revenue cycle, while every employee in the practice is provided tools and training to understand how their tasks impact practice financial health and the bottom line.

“GRS Select allows us the opportunity to explore a more customized business partnership,” said current GRS client, Dr. Justin Vujevich of Vujevich Dermatology Associates, with three locations serving the Pittsburgh metro area. “This flexible level of service will further strengthen the efficiency of our in-house revenue cycle team while continuing to leverage the expertise of GRS, which has been an invaluable partnership to help us maintain financial stability during such a tumultuous time.”

With GRS Select, ambulatory care practices spanning primary care, cardiology, OBGYN, pediatrics and more will benefit from a flexible, customized service offering. This enables dedicated Greenway experts to service a client’s existing RCM team in any, or all, of the following areas:

• Revenue advisory
• Charge posting
• Submission management
• Insurance follow-up
• Payment posting
• Patient A/R
• Patient Call Center
• Data insights

With extensive, specialty-specific experience, Greenway’s financial care team acts as an extension of the practice to optimize people, processes, and technology to help clients achieve their goals, while never losing control over their financials. Greenway clients seeking to improve the overall health of their practice in 2021 and beyond are encouraged to complete Greenway’s free Healthy Practice Screening to determine the state of their practice’s financial health and receive a prescriptive care plan based on their results.

ABOUT GREENWAY HEALTH

Improving healthcare through innovation is at the heart of Greenway Health’s work. We provide electronic health record (EHR), practice management, and revenue cycle management solutions that help practices in multiple specialties grow profitably, remain compliant, work more efficiently, and improve patient outcomes. Our team of clinical, financial, and technology experts serve as trusted advisers, committed to our client’s success. Greenway works with over 55,000 providers across multiple specialties, which translates into millions of lives touched daily by our solutions.

Catalyst OrthoScience Inc., a medical device company focused on the upper extremity orthopedics market, has received clearance from the U.S. FDA to market its reverse shoulder system. Catalyst expects to begin a limited user release in the United States in the second quarter of 2021 followed by a commercial launch later in 2021.

The addition of the reverse shoulder system allows Catalyst to offer a broader shoulder portfolio and multiple arthroplasty options to shoulder surgeons across the U.S. Reverse shoulder arthroplasty is estimated to encompass more than 60 percent of the shoulder arthroplasty market.

“With the addition of our reverse shoulder system, Catalyst is now addressing the two fastest growing segments of the shoulder arthroplasty market – stemless anatomic and reverse TSA,” said Brian K. Hutchison, chairman and CEO of Catalyst. “This is beneficial for our distributors as well, who can now help surgeons more easily meet the needs of patients.”

Catalyst’s reverse shoulder system is a single-tray arthroplasty system that was engineered to combine the most beneficial and evidence-based attributes of reverse shoulder arthroplasty design. The system offers surgeon-targeted implant positioning, a streamlined and versatile system, and bone sparing implants.

The Catalyst reverse shoulder system is a total shoulder prosthesis designed for patients experiencing severe shoulder arthritis in conjunction with a grossly deficient or non-functional rotator cuff. In a reverse shoulder system, the design is inverted compared to a traditional anatomic total shoulder prosthesis where the articulating sphere is on the glenoid side of the joint and the mating insert is fixed into the humeral stem implant.

Catalyst is one of the fastest-growing players in the anatomic stemless total shoulder arthroplasty market with its Catalyst CSR™ Total Shoulder System. The Catalyst CSR system combines innovative components and unique instrumentation to bring about a precise, accurate restoration of the shoulder. It features a stemless, ellipsoid humeral component that is engineered to accurately replace the elliptical shape of the patient’s native non-spherical humeral head.

Vyne Medical®, a leading provider of electronic health information and communication management solutions, announces the launch of new functionality to help streamline hospital administrative functions. Auto-indexing accurately transforms documents and unstructured patient information into structured, shareable data for use across health systems.

Part of Vyne Medical’s Trace® platform, Auto-indexing technology leverages advanced machine learning and form recognition technology to read incoming text and map it to targeted fields in Trace. Demographic information contained in high-volume forms such as physician orders, insurance forms and patient registration forms is automatically classified and pre-populated into the appropriate patient record fields.

“Vyne Medical remains dedicated to helping hospitals and health systems improve the way they capture and share information to ensure a more complete patient record, create workflow efficiencies and recover lost revenue,” said Marcy Tatsch, president of Vyne Medical. “Auto-indexing accomplishes these key objectives by quickly transforming documents into structured, reliable data.”

Hospitals using Vyne Medical’s Auto-indexing functionality are able to process incoming documents immediately without hand-keying information. This leads to time savings, productivity increases and cost reductions.

“By reducing the burden of manual data entry, our Auto-indexing solution creates workflow efficiencies while reducing the incidence of human error,” said Ruchi Medhekar, senior vice president of strategy and platform at Vyne Medical. “These advantages give hospitals the opportunity to elevate service levels, reduce overtime expenses, improve patient throughput, and enhance financial outcomes.”

One hospital using Auto-indexing has experienced record lows in its abandoned call percentage and hold times, a 40-percent improvement in order processing time and the elimination of its backlog of open orders. Another hospital reported a 50-percent time savings in order reconciliation and a 3-week reduction in the hospital’s order backlog. The impact result includes elimination of paid overtime and an increase in patient outreach for procedure scheduling.

About Vyne Medical

Vyne Medical is a recognized industry leader in send-to-end health information exchange and electronic healthcare communication management. The company’s robust technology platform facilitates the electronic capture, storage and submission of healthcare data in virtually any form – voice, fax, image, data or electronic document. Vyne Medical’s solutions connect disconnected data to close gaps in documentation and improve the continuum of care through a more complete and fully accessible patient record. Outcomes include improved financial strength, operational performance and patient experience.

Olive Health Technology has collaborated with blüüm, an integrated health platform, to launch Ollie, an AI solution inspired by talk therapy to make mental health-related self-care more accessible for today’s fast-paced, stressful lifestyle. The fully automated conversational chatbot is backed by principles of clinical psychology, behavioral science, and neuroscience.

Mental health issues are on the rise, especially among many employees who have been forced to work from home and are feeling isolated or experiencing Covid-19-induced burnout. Olive Health Technology and blüüm aim to address this major public health concern with Ollie, a personal robot friend that provides in-the-moment emotional support and guides users through a series of wellness strategies that fits their personal needs.

“While Ollie is not a medical product, we expect to see a 30% reduction in anxiety and depression after two weeks of use. We’re excited to partner with one of the most innovative insurtech companies to help people manage their health holistically,” said Wenjue Wu, Founder of Olive Health Technology.

“The pandemic has a significant impact on the mental well-being of people in Hong Kong. At blüüm, we believe in the importance of holistic health, and it is our priority to offer all-round care for the community to satisfy their different health needs. Our partnership with Olive Health Technology enables us to offer more accessible and regular mental health support,” said Ying Wu, CEO of blüüm.

blüüm is offering this anonymous mental health service for people to voice their feelings around work and life as well as to build a long-term relationship over time. Ollie is now available via blüüm’s Facebook page.

About blüüm

Established in 2020, blüüm is an augmented health platform that provides innovative insurance and medical solutions to help users live their life to the fullest. It works closely with its strategic insurtech partner, The CareVoice, and top-tier insurance companies to provide user-centric and diversified health insurance solutions. With the creative use of technology and an inventive approach to health management, blüüm eliminates the pain points of the traditional insurance industry and provides a seamless healthcare experience to every user.

Getting injured in a car accident can be a frustrating experience. Depending on the extent of your injuries, this whole situation can impact your life physically, financially, and mentally. However, there are plenty of things you can do to protect your rights and interests.

So, if you want to ensure you’re dealing with this kind of situation properly, below are the three considerations you should make after a car accident:

1. Seek Medical Attention For Your Injuries

In most cases, serious injuries as a result of motor vehicle accidents don’t become immediately apparent. There are instances you’ll feel the pain a day or two following the collision. That’s why unless you’re sure you’re not injured, you should seek immediate medical attention to avoid complications in the long run.

Even if the crash comes with a minor impact, you may still sustain a permanent injury that can affect your life forever.

Also, by getting yourself checked by a doctor, you can have easy access to your medical records which are crucial when you decide to file a claim for the recovery of compensation.

2. Hiring A Lawyer

Typically, seeking compensation for the injuries caused by a car accident is never an easy process. With all the things that need to be considered from the get-go, you need to hire a reputable and experienced lawyer to help you navigate your situation.

The following are the things your lawyer can do for your case:

• Assess the facts of your case and determine the legal options available to you.
• Help you understand what your rights are and how you can get the most out of it for your situation.
• Help you collect pieces of evidence, especially when it comes to determining the true value of your claim.
• Negotiate with the insurance company to make sure you get a fair settlement for all your injuries.
• Help file a personal injury lawsuit in court in case the insurance negotiation fails despite earnest efforts to settle.
• Prepare and submit all the paperwork within the required time limit. In law, there is what is called the statute of limitations. This refers to the allowable time frame where a victim can validly file a claim against the negligent perpetrator. Specifically, Peddicord & Townsend’s published an article regarding the statute of limitations for medical malpractice cases in Missouri. And similar to medical malpractice cases, you also need to observe the time limits when initiating a car accident case in court.

3. Documentation

If possible, you should get the facts of your car accident immediately through documentation. By documenting what happened, you’ll be able to obtain essential pieces of evidence which can help you prove the liability of the at-fault party.

To get started, you should get the name, contact number, and address of all the parties involved in the collision. You should also ask information about the insurance of the other driver. If there are relevant witnesses, find time to get their information for future use.

Lastly, don’t forget to secure photos of the accident scene, damage to your vehicle, your injuries, police reports, and medical records.

Wrapping Up

Surviving an automobile accident is no easy feat. If you don’t know what to do after sustaining injuries, you may not be able to protect your rights and interests as well as recover the right amount of compensation you deserve. Therefore, to maximize both your physical and financial recovery, remember the three main considerations above and you’ll be able to get your normal life back in no time.

The US, including all of its territories, operates a compensation program for crime victims. The program’s goal is to provide financial assistance for violent or personal crime victims. Crime victim compensation also exists in some other countries.

Convicted perpetrators of crimes pay fees to the court in most US states. The payments serve as a revenue source for the victim compensation program. The federal government also provides support to each state’s program through the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA).

The total amount of cash that crime victims may receive depends on the state’s compensation cap. Each category of crime-related expense may also have a limit in terms of the money that can be paid out to the victim.

Have you or a family member been a victim of a crime?  Below are five reasons you might claim victim compensation.

1. Get Reimbursement For Your Medical Expenses

Some form of medical treatment is necessary for many crime-related injuries. Some injuries even require a long-term care plan, like those who contracted illnesses as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attack.

If you or a family member is one of the 9/11 first responders who were exposed to toxic dust and fumes from the collapsed buildings, you can find a resource online that provides information about how you can claim compensation.

The good news is that crime victims’ compensation programs take into account both current and future medical expenses a crime victim suffers as a result of the crime committed against them.

Medical costs that the compensation program covers include chiropractor, prescriptions, surgeries, physical therapies, emergency room visits, hospital stays, x-rays, and even massage therapies.

2. You Need To Undergo A Mental Health Therapy

Most crimes can cause victims to experience ‘mental anguish.’ It’s discomfort and suffering outside of the physical pain a victim already experiences.

If the crime committed against you has had a negative impact on you psychologically, you might need to submit yourself to psychological therapy. Mental health programs help alleviate stress, depression, fear, and sleeplessness that may result from your experience as a crime victim.

The problem is that psychological therapies can be expensive because they involve a series of sessions with a psychologist. Fortunately, crime victim compensation also covers mental health expenses.

3. Replace Lost Income

Crime victims are also entitled to receive compensation for any lost income because of their injury. For example, if the crime’s perpetrator broke your ankle and you couldn’t go to work, you can get reimbursement for the total wages you would’ve earned from your job during the entire period your injury prevented you from performing your work duties.

Note that you’re also entitled to compensation if the injury you’ve sustained results in any disability that will reduce your ability to earn in the future.

4. Your Personal Property Was Damaged

If the crime caused damage to your personal property, you could use the compensation money for repairs. This type of loss is common in burglary cases. Covered property damages are broken exterior windows, as well as destroyed door and window locks.

5. Continue To Provide Support To Your Dependents

Family members of a person who got seriously injured or died because of a crime committed against them may be able to apply for a dependency compensation claim. It’s for the loss of financial support resulting from your injury or death.

The crime victim compensation program calculates the compensation for financial support loss by determining the income, including the government pensions or benefits, that you’ll lose from the time you got seriously injured or died. The amount you would’ve used for your own personal expenses will then be deducted from your total income. What’s left may be awarded as compensation for your dependents’ financial support.

Final Thoughts

Those are the most common reasons why people apply for victim compensation. Note that you’re eligible for it if you’re a victim who got injured or died because of a crime. Someone who was injured or died after coming to the aid of a victim is also eligible.  It’s the same case for a first responder to a crime.