Are healthcare providers’ contact details as accurate as you think? In this podcast hosted by Chenny Solaiyappan, Curatus Chief Revenue Officer Jarrod Mandozzi speaks on solving healthcare’s provider data quality crisis. Jarrod shares insights from his extensive experience in Medicare and Medicaid programs, revealing how inaccurate provider information impacts patient care, health plan operations, and industry efficiency.
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Show Notes
- Healthcare is not for the faint of heart and requires deep passion and resilience.
- Dual enrollment for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries is a complex process that needs technological innovation.
- Provider data quality is a critical, often overlooked challenge in healthcare operations.
- AI and machine learning can significantly improve data cleansing and provider information management.
- Entrepreneurs in healthcare must stay focused and not get distracted by “shiny objects”.
- Technology can simplify complex government program enrollment for low-income seniors.
- Health plans struggle with maintaining accurate provider directories across multiple data sources.
- Credentialing and provider network management are increasingly complex in modern healthcare.
- Approximately 10% of provider data changes monthly, making continuous updates crucial.
- Ghost networks, where providers are listed at multiple locations, are a significant industry challenge.
- Successful healthcare startups need patience and discipline to navigate slow-moving industry processes.
- Social needs identification and member engagement are emerging important areas in healthcare technology.
- NPI databases are not always reliable for current provider contact information.
- Claims data can be a valuable source for verifying provider practice locations.
- Health systems and state agencies face similar provider data management challenges as health plans.
- Automated roster ingestion can simplify provider data updates for network partners.
- Technology can help identify and resolve provider data discrepancies more efficiently than manual processes.
- Healthcare entrepreneurs must believe in their mission and understand the industry’s complexity.
- AI presents both exciting opportunities and potential challenges in healthcare innovation.
- Comprehensive provider data management requires integrating multiple functions like directory management, credentialing, and network development.
About the speaker
With over 20 years of health care leadership and 25 years of experience in sales, client services, marketing, management, and strategy, Jarrod Co-Founded Curatus in 2019 with Mark Fabiano and Cory Fabiano with the aim to revolutionize provider data management. Previously Jarrod served as a part of the Executive leadership team for Altegra Health and as the Chief Sales Officer at Altegra Health after the acquisition by Change Healthcare.