provider directories
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Study finds inconsistent data in insurers’ online provider directories
Conducted by researchers at the University of Colorado medical school, the new report is the latest to gauge the extent of a costly problem that federal regulators are working to solve: Information about doctors varies from provider directory to provider directory.
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Report: Health Plans Need To Do Better When It Comes to Care Navigation
About 62% of Americans don’t trust their health plan when it comes to finding care, a Ribbon Health survey found. Providing more accurate information on provider directories could repair this trust.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Aetna and Ascension join blockchain pilot project for better provider directories
Keeping health plan provider directories current is a major administrative and cost burden for the industry, with an estimated $2.1 billion spent annually across the healthcare system to acquire and maintain provider data.
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California vows crackdown on payers over inaccurate provider lists
“I told the CEOs it looks to me like nobody cared. We will be holding their feet to the fire on this,” said Shelley Rouillard, director of the California Department of Managed Health Care.
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Insurance companies need to fix their provider directories
Flawed directories are “a real barrier to accessing the care and accessing the insurance consumers have purchased.”