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Amitech Solutions, a premier healthcare consulting firm specializing in data, analytics, and automation, is proud to announce its partnership with Sidney Health Center, a leading community-based medical center in eastern Montana. This collaboration aims to address workforce challenges faced by Sidney Health Center as a critical access hospital, ensuring residents in eastern Montana and western North Dakota receive exceptional healthcare.

Keeping up with policy changes is essential for payers and providers to ensure compliance, maintain financial stability, improve patient care, enhance operational efficiency, and adapt to market changes. Throughout 2024, significant shifts in healthcare policy have reshaped every aspect of healthcare services. This article delves into the key policy changes affecting utilization management (UM), with […]

The shift from fee-for-service to value-based care (VBC) is revolutionizing healthcare. This transition, while challenging, is bringing about profound changes in utilization management (UM), transforming it from a cost-containment tool into a vital element of managing quality and risk. How is this transformation unfolding and what does the future hold? Dive into our comprehensive analysis to discover the opportunities and challenges that lie at the intersection of VBC and UM.

Today’s patients are eager to gain a better understanding of their health and seek more informative relationships with their healthcare providers. However, with hurdles such as staff shortages, rising costs, and an increasing rate of chronic health conditions, achieving effective patient engagement remains a significant challenge. With a focus on improving service delivery and patient […]

The shift towards value-based care (VBC) represents a significant transformation for the healthcare industry. This model prioritizes patient outcomes and cost-efficiency over the volume of services provided and promises to close care gaps while reducing healthcare costs. However, the transition presents numerous challenges for providers and payers including navigating various payment models, regulatory misalignments, and […]

Healthcare organizations increasingly depend on technology to manage and store patient data. While this transformation has enhanced patient care, it has also introduced significant data security challenges. Healthcare data breaches have severe consequences, including financial loss, reputational damage, and compromised patient care. Ensuring data security is vital. One of the most effective tools for achieving […]

The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation in healthcare is redefining the way we approach patient care and workforce efficiency. However, the success of these advancements hinges not only on their implementation but also on the cultural acceptance and effective communication strategies within healthcare organizations. Let’s explore the critical role of these human-centric factors […]

The healthcare industry is undergoing a transformation driven by technological advancements and the need to optimize operational efficiency. One significant change is the integration of Intelligent Automation (IA) to manage repetitive and manual administrative tasks. This shift not only streamlines processes but also creates possibilities for employees to transition into more direct patient care roles […]

Peter Raimist, with over 20 years of experience at organizations like Optum and Anthem, has witnessed a significant shift from manual administrative processes to Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in the healthcare payer industry. In this Q&A, he discusses how RPA dramatically reduces administrative costs and enhances member and employee experiences by automating repetitive tasks, improving data accuracy, and driving efficiency. Pete highlights how RPA enables payers to save thousands of hours annually, addressing escalating costs and operational challenges. Discover the transformative potential of RPA and how it empowers payers to do more with less.

RCM Automation Revenue cycle management (RCM) is a critical component of health systems, directly impacting both patient care delivery and financial operations. As such, organizations are under increasing pressure to improve the efficiency of processes within the cycle. In 2022, the efforts to counteract cycle congestion were valued at more than $140 billion in the […]

When Katie Oliva, Principal Healthcare Consultant at Amitech Solutions, was a Clinical Nurse Specialist in South Bend, Indiana, she’d brace herself during the football season. “Notre Dame home game weekends—the ICU would always be full,” recalls Katie. “People would drink, there would be accidents, or maybe a brawl, and we’d have an influx of patients […]

With an aging population and a shortage of future doctors and nurses in the pipeline, we are in tomorrow’s healthcare crisis today, warns Jacob Rouse, Amitech Solutions’ Automation Practice Lead, who has over 13 years’ experience working in financial and operational healthcare leadership. “The writing is on the wall,” he says. “If we look at […]

Meghan Mehlberg, LHNA, Customer Success Director and Healthcare Consultant at Amitech Solutions, thinks it’s about time we bring technology to long-term care facilities—but not in the ways often touted for nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Meghan became a long-term care administrator at the age of 21, overseeing thousands of patients and staff in the 13 […]

In the 27 years Katie Oliva, Principal Healthcare Consultant at Amitech Solutions, has been a registered nurse, a lot has changed in the healthcare provider space. There have been massive overhauls, like transitioning from flowcharts to electronic health records, and the adoption of automated medication dispensing systems such as Omnicell and Pyxis, to ensure a […]

How bi-monthly, ad-hoc Zoom meetings became a trailblazing in-person summit paving the way for intelligent automation in healthcare systems.

Six months into 2023 and operating margins in hospitals and hospital systems are well below historical norms. 1 In fact, 2022 was marked the worst year for US hospitals since the pandemic, with nearly half reporting negative margins due to rising labor and non-labor costs and stagnant revenue.

Hospitals are inundated with important medical data coming, going, and changing every moment of the day. This is why it’s crucial to ensure efficient and appropriate hospital workflow processes. As we are now in a digital age, it’s imperative to collaborate with AI technology to help these processes run more smoothly and effectively.

Automation is fast becoming a fundamental part of many industries. In healthcare, it helps predict, diagnose, and treat disease, as well as mitigates the burden of repetitive, clerical tasks like scheduling; prior authorizations; charge capture; claims and bill processing; and more! It’s an exciting time in medicine, not just because research continues to advance diagnostic […]

Medical professionals are dedicated to providing their patients with the best care possible. This is an obvious fact, but it’s easy to lose track of when delving into complex subjects like data warehousing and business intelligence. Yet, at its core, a clinical data repository (CDR) is a database that helps medical professionals perform their jobs better, faster and with greater confidence.