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22 Feb Helping Health Payers to Reimagine How They Do Business

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As with any industry sector these days, the U.S. health payer arena faces some significant challenges from unlikely players. For example, technology giant Amazon, CVS Health, Walgreens, and other retailers are becoming healthcare industry staples, and a significant competitive threat. In fact, in an effort to eliminate administrative complexities in healthcare, Amazon aims to be the first claims-free payer by 2026. In addition, many payers still rely on cumbersome legacy processes in the face of rising regulatory...

08 Feb How Clinical Health Data Can Help Life Insurance Providers

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In the life insurance sector, actuaries play a critical role in leveraging statistical analysis for developing annuity and life insurance policies for individuals and groups. This involves analyzing and estimating how long someone is expected to live, based on a wide-range of factors – with the goal of minimizing the risk for the life insurance provider. When it comes to analyzing the health of a potential new policyholder, life insurance actuaries typically leveraged data from health...

06 Feb Health Data News Roundup: Medicare Advantage Audit Ruling; Lack of Encounter Data for MA Supplemental Benefits; and Cigna Reduced Care Costs

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Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today’s care organizations need to be on the forefront of all news and trends to help ensure that their data analytics efforts deliver accountable and informed care. Each week, we will provide you with the actionable news you need to meet these goals. New Medicare Rule Aims to Take Back $4.7 Billion...

02 Feb How to Overcome Health Data Quality and Interoperability Challenges

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IMAT DaaS Solution Provides Access to Clean and Validated Data, While Enhancing Interoperability Capabilities A recent study from Health Gorilla found that poor data quality and information sharing remain a challenge to the vast majority of healthcare systems. More than 130 executive decision-makers across the healthcare ecosystem reported that 60 percent of healthcare systems had duplicative or incomplete data retrieved through health information exchanges. Sixty nine percent of digital health executives also reported gaps in their...

19 Jan Clinical Data Integration Benefits for Healthcare Payer CIOs

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In today’s competitive business climate, U.S. healthcare payer CIOs want to deliver quick wins for business leaders with actionable insights from a broad range of structured/unstructured and nonstandard clinical data. Therefore, it’s critical to prioritize and implement Clinical Data Integration (CDI) capabilities by evaluating business objectives that take into consideration risk adjustment, quality measurement, and overall member management. Gartner estimates that more than 50 percent of payers will shift their CDI initiatives from projects to enterprise-based approaches...

16 Jan Health Data News Roundup: ONC Releases 2023 ISA Reference Edition; BCBSM and Full-Risk Value-Based Care Contracts; and Medicaid Social Determinants of Health

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Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today’s care organizations need to be on the forefront of all news and trends to help ensure that their data analytics efforts deliver accountable and informed care. Each week, we will provide you with the actionable news you need to meet these goals. ONC Releases 2023 Interoperability Standards Advisory Reference Edition ONC has...

13 Jan Using FHIR to Jump-Start Clinical Data Integration for U.S. Healthcare Payers

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With the ONC and CMS interoperability mandates that are transforming clinical and administrative data exchange between payers, providers and patients, now’s the ideal time for payers to jump-start enterprise CDI investment to achieve compliance. As such, payers have the opportunity to embrace FHIR as the new common language for health data exchange, as well as tap into key vendors for bringing CDI initiatives to life. These were the key themes of the December 2022 refresh of the...

16 Dec Gartner: Customer Experience and Application Modernization Key Payer Priorities in 2023

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Gartner recently released its “Top Priorities, Technologies and Challenges for Healthcare Payers in 2023” report (requires a Gartner subscription), which identifies enterprise priorities and tech spending trends for payers in 2023. While growth and technology modernization will be important priorities, enhancing the customer/user experience also topped the list. The report highlights how payers are pausing digital acceleration with a focus on tech optimization to maximize their technology investments. Gartner recommends aligning technology investments to specific goals and...

08 Dec Elevance Health Medicaid Plans Receive NCQA Health Equity Accreditation

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IMAT Solutions helps payers to aggregate clinical data to support health equity efforts Elevance Health recently announced that 21 of its Medicaid plans have achieved health equity accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). As a result, 93 percent of the payer’s 8 million Medicaid members are in a NCQA-accredited plan, which is an industry first. This accreditation is part of Elevance Health’s efforts to advance health equity across all its plans through an approach...

30 Nov Value-Based Alternative Payment Models Growing in Popularity

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The Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN) recently released its annual survey that tracks how payers and providers adopt value-based alternative payment models. Designed to understand how today’s healthcare ecosystem is moving away from a system based on volume of service to the value of care provided, the survey found that 40 percent of payers are using value-based alternative payment models. “Value-based models for delivering care are essential for putting the patient first, creating aligned...