# Administrative Burden * **Definition:** The administrative burden in healthcare refers to the time, effort, and resources required to comply with regulatory requirements, manage documentation, and perform non-clinical tasks that detract from patient care and clinical efficiency. * **Taxonomy:** Healthcare Topics / Administrative Burden ## News * Selected news on the topic of **Administrative Burden**, for healthcare technology leaders * 6.6K news items are in the system for this topic * Posts have been filtered for tech and healthcare-related keywords | Date | Title | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/19/2025 | [**TruBridge Integrates Microsoft Dragon Copilot into EHR**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/05/19/trubridge-integrates-microsoft-dragon-copilot-into-ehr/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 5/14/2025 | [**Proven Strategies for Getting Paid Despite Medicare Fee Cuts and Declining Medicaid Rolls**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/podcasts/podcasts-beckers-hospital-review/proven-strategies-for-getting-paid-despite-medicare-fee-cuts-and-declining-medicaid-rolls/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 5/12/2025 | [**The Next Stop on Healthcare's EHR Optimization Journey: AI**](https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2025/05/next-stop-healthcares-ehr-optimization-journey-ai) | [[HealthTech Magazine]] | | 5/12/2025 | [**Mass General Brigham to invest $400M in primary care**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/care-coordination/mass-general-brigham-to-invest-400m-in-primary-care/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 5/12/2025 | [**Reducing Care Gaps Through Payer Insights**](https://medcitynews.com/2025/05/reducing-care-gaps-through-payer-insights/) | [[MedCity News]] | | 5/8/2025 | [**Infinx Acquires i3 Verticals' Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management Business**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/05/08/infinx-acquires-i3-verticals-healthcare-revenue-cycle-management-business/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 5/7/2025 | [**Vitable Health Acquires Liferaft's HRA Platform to Tackle Small Business Healthcare Crisis**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/05/07/vitable-health-acquires-liferafts-hra-platform/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 5/7/2025 | [**Optum launches AI-powered RCM platform for hospitals**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/optum-launches-ai-powered-rcm-platform-for-hospitals/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 4/21/2025 | [**Introducing Ambient Order Staging in Suki Assistant**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/ai/introducing-ambient-order-staging-in-suki-assistant/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 4/7/2025 | [**ScribeEMR: Revolutionizing Healthcare Through Innovative Solutions**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/innovation/scribeemr-revolutionizing-healthcare-through-innovative-solutions/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 3/10/2025 | [**Northwell CFO: Revenue cycle optimization critical as system grows**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/northwell-cfo-revenue-cycle-optimization-critical-as-system-grows.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 3/5/2025 | [**Reduce Clinical Trial Burden with Flatiron Clinical Pipe™: EHR-to-EDC Integration**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/03/05/reduce-clinical-trial-burden-with-flatiron-clinical-pipe-ehr-to-edc-integration/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 3/4/2025 | [**2 health systems collaborate with Oracle Health on new features**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/ehrs/2-health-systems-collaborate-with-oracle-health-on-new-features.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 2/19/2025 | [**How AI is Transforming Healthcare Documentation and Reducing Administrative Burden**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/podcasts/podcasts-beckers-hospital-review/how-ai-is-transforming-healthcare-documentation-and-reducing-administrative-burden-142342475.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 2/11/2025 | [**Digital health company names 6 health system leaders advisers**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/ai/digital-health-company-names-6-health-system-leaders-advisers.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 1/17/2025 | [**Healthcare Contract Management Software Market Size to USD 9.1 Billion by 2032, Growing ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/healthcare-contract-management-software-market-133200697.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 1/14/2025 | [**2025 Tech Trends: 4 Healthcare IT Focus Areas**](https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2025/01/2025-tech-trends-4-healthcare-it-focus-areas) | [[HealthTech Magazine]] | | 12/26/2024 | [**The Business and Finance of Healthcare in 2025**](https://www.healthitanswers.net/the-business-and-finance-of-healthcare-in-2025/) | [[Health IT Answers]] | | 12/18/2024 | [**Benefits and Challenges of Integrating AI and Machine Learning into EHR Systems**](https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2024/12/18/benefits-and-challenges-of-integrating-ai-and-machine-learning-into-ehr-systems/) | [[Healthcare IT Today]] | | 12/13/2024 | [**What inclusive leadership means to this AdventHealth market CEO**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/what-inclusive-leadership-means-to-this-adventhealth-market-ceo.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 12/13/2024 | [**Physician well-being at Sanford Health + Confluence Health: 3 themes - Becker's Hospital Review**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/strategy/physician-well-being-at-sanford-health-confluence-health-3-themes.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 12/13/2024 | [**Title: Navigating the Generative AI Journey: A Strategic Roadmap for Healthcare Organizations**](https://blogs.perficient.com/2024/12/13/title-navigating-the-generative-ai-journey-a-strategic-roadmap-for-healthcare-organizations/) | [[Perficient Healthcare]] | | 12/12/2024 | [**2-month tumble: HCA stock down 25**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/2-month-tumble-hca-stock-down-25.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 12/12/2024 | [**Partnering on EHR design for better care, easy migration: Insights and successes from University of Missouri Health Care**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-physician-relationships/partnering-on-ehr-design-for-better-care-easy-migration-insights-and-successes-from-university-of-missouri-health-care.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 11/4/2024 | [**Ready to transform healthcare? Get ready for AI**](https://www.healthcaredive.com/spons/ready-to-transform-healthcare-get-ready-for-ai/731163/) | [[Healthcare Dive]] | ## Topic Overview (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Key Players - **Kipu Health**: Conducted a survey highlighting the impact of technology on reducing administrative burdens in behavioral health. - **Availity and Concert**: Collaborating to automate prior authorization and payment processes for genetic tests to reduce administrative burdens. - **University of Missouri Health Care**: Collaborating with Oracle to enhance EHR design and reduce administrative burdens. - **Deloitte**: Offers AI-driven platforms to streamline administrative tasks in healthcare settings. - **Abridge**: Streamlining workflows and reducing administrative burdens across over 100 health systems using AI technology. - **Northwell Health**: Focusing on revenue cycle optimization and reducing administrative burdens through robotic process automation. - **Nym**: A leader in autonomous medical coding and revenue cycle management solutions, addressing administrative complexity. - **Aidin**: Offers a care coordination platform to streamline workflows and minimize administrative burdens in healthcare. - **Centific**: Provides AI chatbots and scribes aimed at alleviating administrative tasks for healthcare providers. - **Ascertain**: A healthcare technology company that has developed AI-powered solutions to automate administrative tasks for case managers, improving operational efficiency in healthcare systems. - **CareCloud**: A healthcare technology company that enhances patient engagement and reduces administrative burdens through strategic partnerships. - **Trial Library**: Partnered with AON to improve patient identification for clinical trials, reducing administrative burdens on providers. - **Cognizant**: Collaborates with Google Cloud to utilize AI for reducing administrative burdens in healthcare. - **Eleos**: An AI platform for behavioral health that enhances clinical documentation efficiency and reduces administrative burdens. - **Independence Blue Cross (IBX)**: A health insurance provider implementing the Epic Payer Platform to enhance data exchange and reduce administrative burdens. - **Lumeris**: Launched Tom, an AI-powered solution to reduce administrative burdens and enhance patient access to care. - **WELL Health Technologies Corp.**: A company that has developed AI-powered scribe technology to reduce administrative burdens for primary care providers. - **Affineon Health**: Integrates AI inbox management solutions to reduce administrative burdens and improve clinician workflows. - **Suki**: An AI technology provider that integrates AI into clinical workflows to reduce administrative burdens for healthcare providers. ### Partnerships and Collaborations - **MedStar Health and BayCare Health with Oracle Health**: Enhancing health system operations to reduce administrative burdens during emergencies. - **Availity and Concert**: Partnering to digitize and automate prior authorization processes for genetic tests, enhancing consistency and reducing administrative burdens. - **Ascertain and Northwell Health**: Collaboration to automate administrative tasks for case managers, allowing more focus on patient care. - **AdventHealth and Aidin**: Collaboration to enhance patient experience and reduce administrative burdens across a network of hospitals. - **University of Missouri Health Care and Oracle**: Enhancing EHR design to improve patient care and reduce administrative tasks. - **Google Cloud and Hackensack Meridian Health**: Developing a generative AI tool to streamline administrative tasks. - **Trial Library and AON**: Improving patient recruitment for oncology trials, reducing burdens on providers. - **United BioSource LLC and Osmind Inc.**: Partnership to integrate Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) into EHRs, aiming to reduce administrative burdens and improve data quality. - **Suki and MEDENT**: Integrating Suki's AI functionalities into MEDENT's EHR system to alleviate administrative burdens on clinicians. - **Innovaccer & Various Healthcare Systems**: Collaborates with top health systems to improve patient experiences and alleviate administrative burdens. - **athenahealth and SoNE HEALTH**: Implementation of athenaOne to enhance care coordination and operational efficiency, reducing administrative burdens. - **Centific and Premier, Inc.**: A national group purchasing agreement allowing Premier members to access AI solutions that reduce administrative burdens. - **Kipu Health and AWS**: Creating AI tools for behavioral health to automate administrative tasks. - **Affineon Health and Commure**: Integration of AI technology to streamline inbox management and reduce clinician burnout. - **Caregentic and Northwell Health**: This partnership aims to enhance care delivery and reduce administrative workloads through AI-driven solutions. - **Emory Healthcare and Guidehealth**: Collaboration to enhance primary care services using technology and support for value-based care, reducing administrative burdens. - **CareCloud and DrFirst**: Expanded partnership to include RxInform functionality, improving medication adherence and reducing prescription costs. - **CrossTx and Artemis Global RPM**: This partnership aims to enhance Remote Patient Monitoring and Chronic Care Management programs, reducing administrative burdens for healthcare providers. - **Altera and Nabla**: Partnership to integrate AI technology into EHR systems, aimed at reducing documentation burdens for clinicians. ### Innovations, Trends, and Initiatives - **MIPS Value Pathways**: CMS initiative to simplify reporting measures and reduce administrative burdens for clinicians. - **AI-Driven Automation**: Ascertain's solutions aim to automate administrative tasks, addressing labor shortages and improving patient care. - **Generative AI Tools**: Emerging tools are being utilized to assist healthcare professionals in reducing administrative burdens and improving patient care. - **AI-Enabled Documentation Tools**: Health systems are adopting AI-powered ambient clinical documentation tools to reduce time spent on administrative tasks. - **Ambient Listening Tools**: Recommended for documenting patient-provider conversations to reduce administrative tasks. - **Generative AI in Healthcare**: Increasing adoption of generative AI tools to alleviate administrative burdens and improve clinician efficiency. - **Robotic Process Automation**: Used by Northwell Health to improve staff productivity and reduce administrative burdens. - **Ambient Listening Technology**: Utilized by AI tools like Suki and Bells Virtual Scribe to automate clinical documentation, thereby reducing the administrative burden on healthcare providers. - **AI in Revenue Cycle Management**: AI is expected to automate processes such as patient eligibility insights, billing coding, and appeals management, reducing costs and administrative burdens. - **Ambient Listening Solutions**: AI-driven solutions like NextGen Ambient Assist are automating documentation processes, potentially saving physicians significant time. - **AI in Clinical Documentation**: Eleos launched a product to enhance clinical documentation processes, significantly reducing administrative burdens. - **AI in Healthcare**: Increasing adoption of AI technologies to automate administrative tasks, improve workflows, and enhance patient care. - **Epic Payer Platform**: Implementation by IBX to streamline workflows and enhance data exchange, aiming to reduce administrative burdens for healthcare providers. - **Clinical Documentation Improvement**: Platforms like Abridge and Eleos are transforming clinical conversations into structured notes, reducing administrative tasks for clinicians. - **Real-Time Clinical Data Exchange**: Advancements in data exchange are reducing administrative burdens and improving patient care by facilitating timely access to medical records. - **SaaS Solutions**: The adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS) in healthcare is streamlining administrative tasks and improving patient engagement. - **Ambient Order Staging**: Suki's feature that allows clinicians to generate orders through voice, streamlining workflows and reducing manual entry. - **AI Medical Scribes**: The adoption of AI medical scribes is gaining traction, automating clinical documentation and significantly reducing clinician paperwork. ### Challenges and Concerns - **Administrative Burden**: Clinicians face significant administrative burdens, with nurses spending excessive time on repetitive tasks. - **Regulatory Complexities**: Increasing regulations may inadvertently increase administrative burdens on healthcare providers. - **Administrative Burdens on Physicians**: The American Medical Association reports a decline in private practice physicians due to financial pressures and administrative burdens, raising concerns about patient access to care. - **Provider Burnout**: High levels of administrative burden contribute to clinician burnout, with significant portions of provider time consumed by non-clinical tasks. - **Staffing Shortages**: Healthcare organizations face challenges related to staffing and administrative burdens, impacting operational efficiency. - **Clinician Burnout**: High levels of burnout persist due to administrative burdens, necessitating ongoing efforts to streamline workflows. - **Burnout and Staffing Shortages**: Clinicians report spending significant time on administrative tasks, contributing to burnout and staffing shortages. - **Integration of AI**: While AI has the potential to alleviate administrative burdens, there are concerns regarding the need for responsible adoption and regulatory support. - **Physician Burnout**: High rates of burnout among physicians due to administrative tasks, with AI solutions being explored to alleviate this issue. - **Staffing Shortages and Economic Pressures**: Healthcare systems are facing economic pressures due to staffing shortages and increased administrative burdens, prompting the need for new sustainability strategies. - **Staff Burnout**: Billing issues, such as claim denials and delays, contribute to staff burnout and patient dissatisfaction. - **Regulatory Changes**: Leaders in healthcare express concerns about regulatory changes and economic pressures affecting operational strategies. - **Data Security and Privacy**: Challenges in healthcare mobility solutions due to the need for compliance with regulations like HIPAA. - **Stagnant Payment Systems**: Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics struggle with stagnant Medicaid reimbursement rates and rising operational costs. - **Regulatory and Security Concerns**: The need for robust cybersecurity measures and regulatory compliance in e-prescribing and AI deployment. ## Related Topics [[Administrative Burdens]]