While both human intelligence (HI) and artificial intelligence (AI) can be used by themselves to identify waste and abuse in healthcare billing, Claritev believes the most effective healthcare payment integrity solutions leverage both.
Directly on the heels of the Texas Medical Association’s (TMA’s) third lawsuit (TMA 3) challenging portions of the No Surprises Act (NSA), LifeNet, a company that provides ground and air ambulance services, has also filed their own third lawsuit (LifeNet 3).
On Wednesday, November 30, 2022, the Texas Medical Association (TMA) filed its third lawsuit challenging portions of the No Surprises Act (NSA). The latest lawsuit targets provisions of the July 2021 Interim Final Rule (“July IFR”).
Claritev discusses a data science initiative that identifies anomalies in the data and is helping to improve its Payment Integrity service.
Leveraging data science, Claritev is working to build intelligent processes into each of its solutions. Claritev's Negotiation Services was the first to benefit from a data science project with the implementation of the Negotiation Prioritization Tool.
The August Final Rule clarified that arbitrators need to consider QPA along with other factors such as provider experience and severity of the patient’s illness. Claritev explores whether this clarification means payors should consider adjusting the strategy they use to process surprise bills.
On Thursday, September 22, the Texas Medical Association (TMA) filed a lawsuit challenging the August 19th Final Rule of the “Requirements Related to Surprise Billing.” The suit challenges provisions concerning the way Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) entities must treat the Qualifying Payment Amount (QPA) compared to the additional factors described in the law: training/experience/outcomes; provider and plan market share; patient acuity; teaching status/case mix/scope of services of the facility; and prior good faith efforts to contract.
On August 19th, the long-awaited final rules under the No Surprises Act (NSA) were issued. Titled “Requirements Related to Surprise Billing: Final Rules,” they finalize certain requirements that group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage must meet when reimbursing claims determined to be surprise bills as defined by the Act.
Healthcare payors who believed they were prepared to comply with the No Surprises Act (NSA) without assistance have realized the new law is more complex than they initially thought. That’s the message Claritev has repeatedly received from clients who elected to try to manage the NSA or parts of it on their own.
In 2022, MultiPlan’s PHCS Network, the largest primary PPO in the nation, received its 11th consecutive Accreditation in Credentialing from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a private nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. The PHCS Network is the only national independently contracted primary PPO with NCQA accreditation, demonstrating its unique commitment to the accurate and efficient credentialing of health care professionals.