A report was recently published that focuses on transactions between payers and providers. The results show improvements in recent years of transactions, in particular the number of days it takes the insurance companies to pay claims and the percentage of requests refused. Many believe that the improvements are due to further progress and implementation of technology that health insurance companies are now using.
According to Boston.com , the health insurance companies across the country pay an average of seven days faster and refuse 12 to 18 percent fewer applications than the last year. But there are still many problems that exist within the system. health care providers all have different health insurance companies and all systems have different codes.
Jeremy Delinsky, senior vice president at Athenahealth said: "It's amazing the amount of waste it is. health care operations in the US are not made in real time the way transactions are done in almost every other industry. Even in the fastest case, it can still take three weeks for doctors to get paid. "
The health insurance companies are working to improve their inefficiencies, but state programs continue to slide.
In Massachusetts, Blue Cross Blue Shield reimbursed care providers health in 19.6 days as MassHealth, the state Medicaid program, took an average of 56.1 days last year.
as health insurance companies continue to improve their inefficiencies and pay in a more timely manner providers, Medicaid programs have a lot of work to do. millions of Americans will be added to the Medicaid business and lists of health insurance, it is important that providers health care is paid quickly and accurately.
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