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E-Newsletter • September 2025 |
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Editor's E-Note
Patient misidentification is a costly and, sometimes, life-or-death mistake. Improving patient matching can save lives and significantly reduce costs to the health care system. To address this issue, a bipartisan group of representatives has reintroduced H.R. 2002, known as the MATCH IT Act of 2025. See this month’s Exclusive for more details.
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— Dave Yeager, editor |
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Bipartisan Representatives Reintroduce MATCH IT Act of 2025
Patient ID Now, a coalition of leading health care organizations, applauds the reintroduction of H.R.2002, the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (MATCH IT) Act of 2025 by Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Representative Bill Foster (D-IL), cosponsored by Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA), in the US House of Representatives.
The MATCH IT Act would address the problem of patient misidentification within the health care ecosystem while improving patient safety and privacy. The bill would create an industry standard definition for the term “patient match rate”—to allow measurement of patient match rates across the health care system—and would improve standardization of patients’ demographic elements entered into certified health IT products to ensure patients are accurately matched with the correct medical record.
Patient misidentification within the US health care system has long threatened patient safety and privacy, and results in unnecessary additional costs to patients and providers. According to Black Book Research, 35% of all denied claims result from inaccurate patient identification, costing the average hospital $2.5 million and the US health care system more than $6.7 billion annually.
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Epic Unveils AI Solutions
Epic is integrating AI throughout its EHR platform, including new tools for clinical documentation, revenue cycle management, patient-facing solutions, operational workflows, and clinical trial management, reports Fierce Healthcare.
New CPT Codes Cover Digital Health, AI, and More
The American Medical Association’s CPT 2026 code set includes 288 new codes, 84 deletions, and 46 revisions. Codes have been added or updated for services such as remote patient monitoring, AI, hearing devices, leg revascularization, and behavioral health. |
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Patient Connect App
Massive Bio launched a new key feature on the Patient Connect app that simplifies the process of accessing and utilizing EHRs for advanced cancer care and clinical trial enrollment. The integration with the Oracle Cerner platform helps improve health care interoperability, allowing patients to connect their My Cerner Chart to their Massive Bio profile, and enabling health care providers to efficiently retrieve patient records. Learn more »
Elation Health AI Expansion
Elation Health expanded its technology platform with clinical-first AI tools integrated into the EHR and Billing platform, which are available at no extra cost. The expanded platform streamlines preventive care workflows, reduces administrative burden, and strengthens the physician-patient relationship. Features include flexible note-taking, summaries of patient information, communication assistance, and streamlined data collection. Learn more » |
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COVER STORY
A HIPAA Security Overhaul
Proposed security rule changes for HIPAA are intended to bring guidelines up to current standards.
FEATURE
Guiding CDI
Experts share best practices for improving CDI.
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