Healthcare
5 Strategies to Reduce Operational Costs in Healthcare
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The U.S. healthcare industry spends almost $4 trillion a year, and administrative spending is nearly one-quarter of that total cost. Combine that with a crisis-level labor shortage and you end up with an economic landscape that has organizations desperate to cut costs and do more with less — all without compromising the patient experience. Thankfully,...
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Healthcare Marketing Automation: 3 Ways to Drive the Bottom Line
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Today’s healthcare landscape is in flux, but why? There are several key factors driving this change. In today’s article, we will take the perspective of change being driven by two primary forces: Consumers/patients/members demand a better healthcare experience, something similar to their local Starbucks or at-home Amazon shopping experience. The entrance of major disruptors within...
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Top Benefits of Salesforce Marketing Cloud for Healthcare
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Let’s face it, when you twist an ankle or take a tumble, the last thing on your mind is marketing. You’re focused on getting to the nearest emergency room stat, not on selecting an ER based on a hospital’s TV commercial. But there is huge potential for marketing in healthcare around non-emergency medical scenarios where...
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How Salesforce Improves 4 Key Member Services Interactions
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Calling a health insurance company’s member services number can often get a bad rap. Push 1 for a new card. Push 2 for an explanation of benefits. Push 3 to speak with a representative. Push 4 if you want to lose your sanity. In an instant access world, people have become used to having anything...
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Why Member Services is the Key to Your Payer Strategy
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On an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, the self-deprecating Larry David said, “You’re nothing without your health. Some people are nothing even with their health. I fall in that category, sometimes.” For many of your members, health may not be a top-of-mind concern, but without it, they have, well … nothing. People have a lot...
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3 Health Insurance Technology Trends for 2022 and Beyond
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Your members expect more of you than ever. They’re looking for a streamlined shopping experience, guidance when it comes to enrolling into the right plan, and that you’ll meet them where they are — not the other way around. But if you’re like most payers, you might be struggling with the operational realities to make...
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How Salesforce Health Cloud Helps Payers Perform Utilization Management
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The term utilization management (UM) is nothing new — it’s been in our vocabulary since the 1970s — but it’s become an increasingly important term as a means of medical cost management. Overutilization and waste of resources, in combination with increased healthcare costs, put pressure on health insurers (payers) and employers to keep premiums down...
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Improving Care Through the Patient Contact Center
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Customer satisfaction matters just as much in the healthcare industry as any other. Often, the patient contact center (PCC) is a patient’s first experience with a provider or organization, and can set the tone for the rest of the relationship. On average, most health systems lose between 10-20% of annual patient revenues from patient leakage....
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25 Healthcare Statistics That Show the Power of Patient-Centered Care
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At Silverline, we believe in data. We’ve been working in the healthcare space for 10+ years, and there’s one thing the healthcare industry continues to do well: produce mountains and mountains of data. There’s clinical trials, studies, patient reports and monitoring — not to mention clinic attendance, gaps in care, and scheduling. But with all...
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Future-Proof Member Management for Health Insurance Companies
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In a world where business technology seems to change and age faster than ever, companies typically have two options for enabling new capabilities: modify what they have, or invest in new tools designed for their specific needs. Today’s health insurance companies are no exception. As they scale for growth and adapt to digital trends, client...