HIT Consultant March 4, 2021
Provider data management is usually discussed from the provider perspective: the busy staff, the needless paperwork amid a pandemic, the faxing, emailing and uploading of data. In these scenarios, the health plans are often painted as the villains for their bureaucratic processes and unique requirements. But the reality is that health plans aren’t totally to blame.
Payers and providers share a common goal: to provide the best quality care for their patients. The amount of data, including basic provider profile information, that need to be shared to reach that goal has grown significantly over the years and does not show any indication of trending downwards.
Let’s face it; payers struggle to streamline the millions of data points flying in, out...