FHIR, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, is the current standard for healthcare data exchange, developed by Health Level Seven International and built on RESTful APIs and web-based architecture. In revenue cycle management, FHIR matters because it enables the real-time data exchange that reduces the friction points where billing delays and errors accumulate. Those include eligibility verification, […]
Credentialing, Payer Contracting, Rate Negotiation, RCM
HL7 and FHIR are both standards developed by Health Level Seven International for exchanging healthcare data between software systems, but they represent different generations of the same effort. HL7 v2.x, the version most widely deployed today, was developed in the late 1980s to enable data exchange between hospital information systems using pipe-delimited message segments. FHIR, […]
Billing Automation, Interoperability, Message Exchange Patterns, RESTful API, RPA
The healthcare industry has undergone massive changes in recent years, fueled by advances in technology and a shift towards patient-centered care. However, one area that still has untapped potential is the use of Health Level 7 (HL7) standards. HL7 provides a framework for exchanging clinical and administrative data between software applications used by various healthcare […]
EHR Integration, FHIR, Interoperability, Medical Billing, RPA
What is Robotic Process Automation? When you come across the term “robotic process automation,” you might think it sounds rather futuristic. However, RPA, as it’s often termed, is a technology being deployed more and more in the healthcare industry, including medical billing. Robotic process automation (software) consists of tools that partly or fully automate human […]
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