The Silverline Blog
Industry insights, Salesforce news, and more
Industry insights, Salesforce news, and more
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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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It was a busy few days at Salesforce Dreamforce for the Silverline Healthcare team between attending sessions and meeting face-to-face with prospects and clients. The team learned a lot about the concerns of our healthcare peers and shared how Silverline can help them conquer their challenges. After the Silverline team returned from Dreamforce, healthcare systems...
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Believe it or not, this year Dreamforce is celebrating 20 years. What started as a small gathering of 1,000 Salesforce customers in San Francisco for the first-ever Dreamforce has since become the largest software conference in the world, with tens of thousands of attendees. You may have perused the over 1,000 available sessions and narrowed...
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Sales and marketing have historically not been a central focus in the payer space. The attention has concentrated on claims, adjudication, and the provider network. But one area of sales and marketing continues to be a vital tactic of every payer marketer’s strategy – shop and enroll. It is the role of the sales and...
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We all have that favorite streaming series we’ve sat down and binged for hours. And as soon as the player asks if you want to go to the next episode, you quickly say, ‘yes, more please.’ Usually it’s because you are enjoying the show and anticipate what will happen next will be even better. The...
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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...