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Waystar Partners with Google Cloud to Streamline Healthcare Payments Using Generative AI

Friday, May 24, 2024

Waystar Technologies, a leading provider of healthcare payment software, has partnered with Google Cloud to tackle some of the most pressing challenges within the U.S. healthcare system. Through the utilization of Google Cloud's generative AI technology, the collaboration aims to address issues like administrative complexity and significant expenditure waste, all while enhancing the human-centric aspect of healthcare.

This collaboration builds upon Waystar's expertise in deploying innovative AI solutions within its platform, combined with Google Cloud's leadership in pioneering generative AI advancements globally.

Waystar's software platform leverages AI and machine learning to streamline tasks, enhance accuracy, and deliver a more intelligent user experience.

One notable achievement of this collaboration is the automation of extracting prior authorization requirements from intricate payer datasets. Through a proof-of-concept study conducted by Waystar, the application achieved a significant reduction in the time required to generate authoritative procedural preauthorization reports, while simultaneously improving accuracy.

These results underscore the potential for optimizing resources and freeing up valuable time for healthcare providers to focus on patient care.

CEO of Waystar, expressed enthusiasm about the collaboration, highlighting its potential to revolutionize healthcare payments with generative AI, thereby positively impacting providers' financial well-being.

The focus remains on implementing AI innovations within the Waystar platform to ensure providers receive accurate and timely payments, while also gaining operational efficiencies to better serve patients.

Director of Healthcare Strategy and Solutions at Google Cloud, emphasized how generative AI is reshaping healthcare operations, ushering in a new era of cloud-based solutions that benefit all facets of an organization.

By combining Google Cloud's AI capabilities with Waystar's deep healthcare expertise, clients can unlock new insights to enhance operations and productivity, ultimately allowing them to allocate more resources towards patient care.

Senior Vice President of Revenue Cycle at Corewell Health, expressed excitement about the collaboration's potential to simplify revenue cycle management and enhance operational efficiencies, providing peace of mind for physicians and administrators alike.

Waystar continues to be recognized as a trusted partner for software simplification in the industry, recently receiving accolades such as a third consecutive MedTech Breakthrough award and the prestigious #1 Best in KLAS award.

The collaboration with Google Cloud comes on the heels of other achievements, including the rapid execution of an Accelerated Implementation Program to support healthcare organizations following a recent cybersecurity incident, as well as a partnership with MEDITECH to integrate Waystar's platform with their EHR system.






Source: prnewswire.com

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