The Silverline Blog
Industry insights, Salesforce news, and more
Industry insights, Salesforce news, and more
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Members expect their service provider’s contact center to assist them with anytime, anywhere access to their personalized health information and to provide proactive support to answer their questions and address their concerns. But many payers are unable to deliver this high level of quality service because their member services agents lack the unified view of...
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Expectations, we all have them. Maybe for you, it’s the expectation that the barista will make your coffee at just the right temperature. Or that you’ll get a text from that special someone on your birthday. Perhaps you even have certain expectations about what you’re about to read in this blog post (we promise it...
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Click! Change of address completed. Click! New insurance card issued. Click! Member claim processed. Every second, multiple clicks are being made at member services centers as agents jump from screen to screen to quickly access and process member inquiries. Each one of those clicks may take a second to perform, yet each is backed by...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...