Humana and Veda Press Coverage ViVE 2024
The Humana and Veda partnership was announced at the ViVE 2024 health tech conference. Here is what the media had to say. . .
This move bodes well for Humana as it spends a good chunk of time in calls to confirm provider data. Inaccurate and inconsistent data from provider directories will cause friction in the process of finding a provider, thereby increasing administrative work for providers, health plans and seniors.
-Nasdaq
Maintaining up-to-date provider directories, including accurate phone numbers, addresses and panel status of in-network practitioners, is critical to helping seniors make informed choices about their healthcare.
-Fierce Healthcare
Keeping provider directories up to date is often a massive undertaking for health plans and providers. In the past, Humana has had to make “millions of calls annually” to make sure its provider directory is accurate.
-MedCity News
Lawmakers have pressed insurers to improve their provider directories. In October, Sens. Thom Tillis, Ron Wyden and Michael Bennet introduced the Requiring Enhanced & Accurate Lists of (REAL) Health Providers Act, which would strengthen requirements for Medicare Advantage plans to maintain accurate directories.
Becker’s Payer Issues also cited an April 2023 study in JAMA Health Forum (which found physician information is often inconsistent across payer directories) to emphasize the challenges associated with provider data.
-Becker’s Payer Issues
Veda will use its automation technology to analyze, verify, and standardize Humana’s data, ensuring accurate provider data.
-Vator.tv.
The Humana and Veda partnership has come full circle after Veda got its start in a Humana hackathon back in 2016.
-Digital Health Wire
