Yahoo Finance January 21, 2020
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Of the $350 billion widely cited as the cost of administrative complexity, $40.6 billion is spent on eight business transactions

CAQH® today released the seventh annual report measuring the progress made by the healthcare industry in reducing the costs and burden associated with administrative transactions through automation. The 2019 CAQH Index found that, of the $350 billion dollars widely cited as the cost of administrative complexity in the US healthcare system, $40.6 billion is spent on eight administrative transactions. Of that, the industry can save $13.3 billion, or 33 percent of existing annual spend, by transitioning to fully electronic processes. While the industry has already avoided $102 billion annually by automating administrative transactions, significant opportunities for additional savings remain for...

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