The Health 202: Trump Administration Lets Medicare Plans Off the Hook
Reprinted from the December 4, 2018, article in The Washington Post THE PROGNOSIS The Trump administration is holding off on punishing Medicare Advantage plans for error-ridden doctor directories — further evidence the conservative-led Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is showing special favor to the alternative program over traditional Medicare offerings. In an audit quietly released late […]
Medicare Advantage Provider Directories Are Still Systemically Inaccurate
Reprinted from December 4, 2018, article in Modern Healthcare Federal audits of Medicare Advantage plans’ provider directories have revealed sweeping inaccuracies for the third straight year, raising the specter of fines or other penalties for the insurers. Nearly 50% of provider directory locations showed at least one mistake in the latest audit results, the CMS said […]
Quest Analytics Presents New Combined Network Adequacy and Accuracy Solution at AHIP Institute 2018
Last week, Quest Analytics’ CEO Ari Tulla and President and Co-Founder John Weis presented a newly combined network adequacy and accuracy solution for health plans during a session at AHIP Institute 2018. This conference brought together key healthcare industry players including health plans, health groups, policymakers, and providers in San Diego. The combination of Quest Analytics’ network decision-support tools […]
What Would Provider Data Management Look Like on Blockchain?
Join us to take a deep dive into blockchain on May 1-2, 2018 at Washington Plaza Hotel, Washington D.C. Our CTO Tapio Tolvanen is going to speak at Healthcare on the Blockchain conference, in Washington D.C. next week. The panel discussion, entitled “Managing Data on the Blockchain for Cost-Savings and Error Reduction“, will be held on May 2 at […]
Meetup Recap: Provider Data Quality Must Be Fixed
A few weeks ago we hosted a meetup at our office about Provider Data and its quality. Around 50 healthcare data experts, developers, and data scientists joined to listen to the following three amazing speakers: Abe Gong from Superconductive Health, Morgan Templar from Get Governed, and our very own Andrew Kobylinski. Currently, the industry standard for provider data accuracy is between 70% and 80% for provider […]
Blockchain in Healthcare: Separating Hype from Reality
Is blockchain the biggest innovation since the internet? The hype and buzz about blockchain technology is just beginning in multiple industries. What will this new technology offer the healthcare industry? How will it change the industry manages data? We dive into the basics of blockchain, what the applications can be, and what challenges the industry […]
Managing Provider Data: Addressing the Complexities that Lie Within
Provider data management is complex. We all know that. What we do not always do is go into deeper exploration to learn where exactly that complexity comes from. BetterDoctor provider portal helps thousands of doctors, office managers and administrators on a daily basis to update their provider directory information. Here is what we learned about […]
The Spotted Trends at HIMSS 2018
If there’s one thing clear to the BetterDoctor team after this year’s HIMSS, it is that the healthcare industry is fundamentally shifting and there’s a lot going on to that end. We noticed four underlying trends happening simultaneously and much of it is due to the advancements of technology that have shaped consumer expectations. On top of that, […]
2017 CMS Medicare Advantage Provider Directory Audits Are Out. The Results? Not So Good.
Medicare Advantage Plans’ Provider Directory Data Still Found Inaccurate In January 2018, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the results of their second round of Medicare Advantage (MA) online provider directory audits. The 2017 CMS provider directory data audit covered 12,780 locations for 55 Medicare Advantage health plans and found that 52.6% of […]
BetterDoctor 2017 Highlights and Progress Toward More Accurate Provider Data
In 2017, BetterDoctor made great progress toward our mission of fixing the nation’s provider data. Our business grew in multiple areas. We closed $11M B-round funding and 14 new amazing people joined the BetterDoctor team. In this post, we recap some of the biggest milestones we hit as a company. In 2017 our provider data management and […]
