The study "Billing for Tobacco Cessation: Enhancing Data Quality and Revenue Capture," published in the April issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®), found that across more than 1 million primary care visits at Vanderbilt University Medical Center from 2020 to 2023, only 1.0% of encounters involving tobacco users were billed for cessation counseling, representing an estimated $3.2 million in missed revenue over 4 years.
In its article, KevinMD utilized this AJMC study's billing gap findings to make its case that many practices are leaving substantial reimbursable revenue on the table by underbilling for tobacco cessation counseling they're already providing.
The research "Ambient AI Tool Adoption in US Hospitals and Associated Factors," published in AJMC’s annual Health Information Technology issue, found that among 2784 Epic-using US hospitals, 1744, or 62.6%, had adopted ambient artificial intelligence (AI) tools that capture patient-clinician conversations and generate draft clinical notes, with adoption notably higher among nonprofit hospitals (70.2%) than for-profit ones (28.8%).
In its coverage, Medical Daily drew on this AJMC study's adoption figures to establish just how widespread ambient AI has become in clinical settings, using it as the data foundation for its broader argument about a growing oversight and governance gap as hospitals deploy these tools faster than policy can keep pace.
