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Azalea Health – Providing Best-In-Class Cloud-Based EHR platform for Healthcare Sector

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Cerner slips 2nd year but holds dominance alongside Epic for EHR market share

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How top EHR vendors ranked in hospital beds gained, lost in 2020

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Epic Systems Dominates 2020 EHR Implementation Market Share

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Understanding EHR Adoption, Use With Medical Specialties

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Azalea Health Honored as Bronze Stevie® Award Winner in 2021 American Business Awards® for Response to COVID-19

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Azalea Health Wins “Best Electronic Health Record Solution” Designation in 2021 MedTech Breakthrough Awards Program

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Health IT companies receiving 2021 MedTech Breakthrough Awards

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Azalea Health Selects PatientPing to Support Hospitals in Compliance with New CMS Electronic Event Notification Condition of Participation

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Azalea Health: Reaching Underserved Communities

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Q1 2021 Health IT/Digital Health PC/VE, M&A, IPOs/ SPACs Activity

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LLR Partners Completes Investment in Cloud-based Health IT Innovator Azalea Health

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Equitable Health in Populations is Well Overdue in 2022

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What Is a Critical Access Hospital and Why They Matter

January 23, 2026 No Comments

Key Takeaways on What Is a Critical Access Hospital A critical access hospital, or CAH, is a small rural hospital that meets federal criteria to receive cost-based reimbursement from Medicare. These hospitals keep emergency and essential inpatient services available in communities too small to support a full acute-care facility. They provide 24×7 emergency care, short-stay

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Key CMS Final Rule 2026 Changes for Rural Healthcare

January 21, 2026 No Comments

Key Takeaways on CMS Final Rule 2026 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its CMS final rule 2026 policy changes for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on October 31, 2025.1 Actual changes go into effect on or after January 1, 2026. Other recent regulatory changes are also finalized. Changes that will

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What Are RVUs in Healthcare and How Are They Calculated?

January 16, 2026 No Comments

Key Takeaways: What Are RVUs in Healthcare RVUs stands for Relative Value Units. RVUs in healthcare are non-monetary units used to quantify the value of medical services. RVUs reflect the relative amount of work, practice expense, and malpractice risk used to deliver different procedures or services. Each service or procedure provided is assigned an RVU

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How to Maximize Reimbursements for Rural Health Clinics

December 26, 2025 No Comments

Key Takeaways to Maximize RHC Reimbursements In 2023, hospitals absorbed $130 billion in Medicare and Medicaid underpayments — a roughly 14% annual increase over 2019.1 And underpayments are one reason providers can benefit from knowing how to maximize reimbursements for rural health clinics (RHCs). Why? Because a higher portion of RHC payments come from public sources compared

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Critical Access Hospital Requirements for Care Centers in Transition

December 22, 2025 No Comments

Critical access hospitals (CAHs) get financial protection and access to government resources to support care in rural areas. Hospitals are only eligible for the CAH designation if they participate in the Medicare program. To earn the CAH designation, facilities also need to meet certain critical access hospital requirements. Criteria include distance, type of facility, staffing,

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Understanding Internet Options for Rural Areas

December 16, 2025 No Comments

Key Takeaways for Internet Options in Rural Areas Access to reliable high-speed Internet is missing from too many rural communities. And that limits access to essential healthcare services, which impacts patient care. It also plays a key role in connecting underserved communities to essential other resources and opportunities. But major Internet service providers (ISPs) are

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