Cerner RevWorks to be acquired by R1

R1, which develops revenue cycle management technological innovation, introduced Wednesday that it will purchase RevWorks, Cerner’s RCM outsourcing arm.

WHY IT Issues
The transaction, reportedly valued at $30 million, involves the companies aimed at Cerner’s small business and professional consumers, but not its federal buyers.

R1’s revenue cycle platform is EHR-agnostic and aims to support travel long lasting enhancements to net individual revenue and hard cash flows and cut down operating expenditures.

HIMSS20 Digital

Study on-desire, earn credit, find solutions and alternatives. Get Begun >>

The company suggests Cerner RevWorks associates will be presented positions with R1, and that the two firms’ tech and companies will be built-in.

As aspect of the offer, expected to close in Q3 2020, Cerner will offer R1’s revenue cycle instruments to its possess consumers and potential clients, company officers say.

“Cerner’s total goal is to provide consumer achievements and accelerate our ability to provide scalable improvements,” stated Brenna Quinn, senior vice president of revenue cycle management at Cerner. “We’re concentrated on obtaining the suitable tactics, impressive and confirmed platforms, earth-class expertise, and companions like R1 to meet up with these objectives.”

THE More substantial Pattern
Cerner has struggled somewhat with its revenue cycle outsourcing, with a 2019 KLAS report noting that 70% of Cerner RCO consumers “have buyers regret.”

Nevertheless, outsourcing RCM to expert sellers has its gains, and quite a few suppliers choose gain of handing off all those responsibilities as they grapple with new money imperatives and changing reimbursement styles.

ON THE Record
“We appear forward to operating collaboratively with Cerner to provide excellent benefits for health care suppliers and the communities they serve,” stated Gary Lengthy, govt vice president and chief professional officer of R1. “With our interoperable technological innovation and close-to-close platform, we are nicely-positioned to serve Cerner’s buyers, as nicely as other health care organizations throughout the nation.”

In a separate statement despatched to Health care IT Information, Cerner observed that it is “fully commited to expansion and transformation that drives simplicity, scale and far more expense-successful alternatives for wellbeing care. Our new relationship with R1 will bring our professional, non-federal consumers a overall resolution that pairs Cerner’s advanced technological innovation with R1’s earth-class revenue companies, in the end optimizing money functionality for wellbeing devices.”

Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN
E mail the writer: [email protected]
Health care IT Information is a publication of HIMSS Media