Utilization Management

Rethinking Care Management: Lessons from Banner|Aetna, Elevance, and Medecision

Legacy care management (CM) technologies and workflows are creating challenges for healthcare organizations looking to expand their programs—which negatively impacts clinical outcomes,…

Utilization Management is Fragmented and Frustrating: Here’s How New CMS Rules Can Help

Legacy utilization management (UM) technologies and workflows create a number of challenges. Even though health plans have enormous amounts of information, UM…

Ready, Set—Help: Health Plan Execs Need Tools For Transformation

Medecision was featured in a recent article from HealthLeaders. You can find the full article here. An excerpt from the article by…

The Modern Data Platform in Action

By Terri Steinberg, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, Medecision In my last post, we looked at the characteristics of and…

Why Health Plans Need to Close the Personalization Gap — Now

New market research reveals a deep divide between health plan executives recognizing the need to have full contextual awareness of a member’s…

What to Know About CMS’ Proposed Changes to Prior Authorization Rules

The sharpening focus of the healthcare industry and the federal government on prior authorization and interoperability is amping up the pressure on…

Effective Utilization Management Helps Payers Deliver Financial Health and Value

In healthcare payers’ never-ending quest to reduce costs while ensuring that members receive the care they need, the importance of effective utilization…

What the Interoperability and Prior Authorization Rule Means for the Patient Experience

What does the new interoperability and prior authorization rule mean for the patient experience? Julie Barnes, founder and principal of Maverick Health…

Utilization Management Requires TLC Under Value-Based Care Models

As healthcare moves toward the full embrace of value-based care models, utilization management is increasingly leveraged as a means to not only…