Welcome to episode 13 of the RevTech Rx Podcast- Your prescription for a healthy revenue cycle! This episode is powered by Streamline Health, a leader in pre-billing financial performance improvement.

As the second installment of our discussions with KLAS Research, this episode is focused on ‘How KLAS Helps Identify Market Needs for Providers.’ This episode features Dustin Cragun, Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management at KLAS Research, and Jawad Shaikh, Chief Strategy Officer for Streamline Health. They discuss how KLAS Research uses its role as an objective reviewing entity to help identify the need for innovation and services to further support providers.

Building on feedback generated from providers during their assessment of existing HIT solutions and services, KLAS’s staff assesses where additional opportunities exist and explores how providers might add features or services to address them.

With dedicated SMEs who are well-versed in the current state of provider needs, KLAS is adept at identifying early indicators for functionality that the market may need. To learn more about it, be sure to tune in to this informative episode.

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David Kosloski- Host
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Dustin Cragun, Vice President – Revenue Cycle Management, KLAS Research
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Jawad Shaikh, Chief Strategy Officer, Streamline Health
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwshaikh/

• (0:00) - Introduction and Guest Backgrounds
• (1:25) - Evolution of KLAS Research Categories
• (4:10) - Using KLAS to Identify Healthcare Gaps
• (10:00) - AI & Machine Learning in Healthcare
• (12:24) - Importance of Provider Voice Amplification
• (14:31) - Responding to Operational & Financial Challenges
• (27:38) - Empowering Employees for Better Outcomes
• (28:47) - Meeting Providers Where They Are
• (29:52) - Importance of Empathy and Implementation
• (30:16) - Don't forget to subscribe

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Welcome to the RevTech Rx Podcast- Your prescription for a healthy revenue cycle! This episode is powered by Streamline Health, a leader in pre-billing financial performance improvement.

‘The Balancing Act at KLAS' features two great guests. Steve Low, President of KLAS Research, and Jawad Shaikh, Chief Strategy Officer for Streamline Health, discuss the role that KLAS Research has played in helping healthcare providers find objective, actionable insights into the performance of HIT vendors supporting the spectrum of delivery settings.

Starting with the origin story of KLAS itself, our panel reviews the initial goals of setting up an independent, transparent source of information on the various technology and service vendors supporting healthcare providers.

By including internal and external views of the role of KLAS, they discuss how its mission has evolved, all while retaining its neutrality and adapting to myriad changes in the HIT market.

As the premier source of objective research in the HIT space, providers of all sizes and specialties should tune in to learn how KLAS came to be and how it’s positioned to continue serving the market well into the future.

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David Kosloski- Host
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Steve Low, President, KLAS Research
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Jawad Shaikh, Chief Strategy Officer, Streamline Health
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Chapters

• (0:40) Origins of KLAS
• (3:44) Pursuing Best of KLAS
• (4:54) The need for transparency
• (8:04) Audience feedback
• (10:00) KLAS guidance for vendors
• (12:02) Vendor application of feedback
• (13:07) Extending the mission to improve HIT
• (14:20) What sets KLAS apart
• (16:26) KLAS in five years
• (18:28) An outsider’s perspective
• (20:45) Best practices & gap analysis
• (23:10) Closing
  
  

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Welcome to episode eleven of the RevTech Rx Podcast- Your Prescription for a healthy revenue cycle! This episode is powered by Streamline Health, a leader in pre-billing financial performance improvement.

Episode eleven is focused on ‘Common Operational Problems New Tech Can Fix' and features two great guests. Randy Notes, Managing Director at Impact Advisors, and Greg Forshey, Vice President, Strategic Accounts for Streamline Health, share their views on some common operational issues at provider organizations that can be effectively addressed via technology.

Using an approach focused on financial ROI (whether direct like increased revenue capture or indirect like improved quality measures), our guests break down some key issues impacting healthcare operations where the proper application of available technology can drive substantial improvements.

By exploring these issues and opportunities, with specific examples in each case, this episode delivers sound guidance for providers of all sizes.

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David Kosloski- Host
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Randy Notes- Managing Director at Impact Advisors
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Greg Forshey - Vice President of Strategic Accounts at Streamline Health
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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

01:50 Opportunities around Perioperative Services

09:04 Optimizing material utilization across cases

11:20 Benefit and payment validation tasks

12:40 Point of Service engagement

16:55 Simplifying charge reconciliation

20:20 Successful request strategies

22:10 Conclusion

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