Claims Management

Change Healthcare May Sell Assets to Prepare for UHG Merger

by Victoria Bailey

Change Healthcare is considering selling its payment integrity business, ClaimsXten, to prepare for its upcoming merger with UnitedHealth Group. ClaimsXten is a payment solution that aims to help...

Medicare Coverage Policies Can Result in Millions of Denied Claims

by Kelsey Waddill

The share of denied claims in Medicare is largely attributable to laboratories, according to a study published in Health Affairs. Researchers worked with Aetna and Medicare data to assess the number...

The Changing Landscape of Healthcare B2B Payment Transactions

by Kelsey Waddill

Healthcare B2B payment transactions have been high in 2021, potentially signaling the importance of electronic payment transfers as the nation emerges from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a...

How Payers Can Improve Attachment Processes in Claims Management

by Kelsey Waddill

Claims management is a multi-step process that provides ample opportunity for errors and delays, but if payers modify their approach to certain steps in the process it could have a positive impact...

How Payers Can Make Medical Billing More Streamlined, Transparent

by Kelsey Waddill

Medical billing is notoriously complicated and taxing for members and providers alike. But payers have the ability—and, some might argue, the responsibility—to clarify and simplify the...

Payers Denied 17% of 2019 In-Network Claims on ACA Marketplace

by Kelsey Waddill

Certain Affordable Care Act marketplace policies need to be tweaked in order to support greater consistency across transparency data reporting processes, a recent Kaiser Family Foundation...

How Payers Can Identify Partners for Automated Data Transfer

by Kelsey Waddill

Automated data transfer is a key part of diminishing administrative burden and reducing health costs, but payers have not yet fully committed to the process. The progression toward greater automation...

Public, Private Payers Offer Upfront Reimbursement Amid COVID-19

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Public and private payers are looking to support provider organizations during the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis by advancing claims reimbursement and relaxing certain billing requirements, like prior...

Analysis of Claims Data Shows 200% Spike in Alzheimer’s, Dementia

by Samantha McGrail

The number of commercially insured Americans age 30 to 64 diagnosed with early-onset dementia or Alzheimer’s disease increased by 200 percent from 2013 to 2017, according to an assessment of...

2019 Best in KLAS Taps Payer Price Transparency, Claims Solutions

by Jessica Kent

Change Healthcare, Health Solutions Plus (HSP), and Casenet were among the top-ranked solutions in the 2019 Best in KLAS report for price transparency, payer claims and administration, and payer...

HCTTF Offers Clinical Episode Grouper Resources for Bundled Payments

by Jennifer Bresnick

The Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) has released a new set of resources to support payers as they develop innovative bundled payment programs. In a white paper titled Episode Groupers:...

Change Healthcare, Health Fidelity Apply AI to Risk Adjustment

by Jennifer Bresnick

Change Healthcare and Health Fidelity have announced a collaboration to offer AI-driven risk adjustment coding solutions for Medicare Advantage, ACA commercial, and Medicaid payers. The tool leverages...

HHS Signals End to Health Plan Identifiers in New Proposed Rule

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Years of pushback from industry stakeholders has motivated an HHS proposal to eliminate a federal requirement for identifying health plans in HIPAA transactions. As everyone prepares to break for the...