The Silverline Blog
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Payer
Why Member Services is the Key to Your Payer Strategy
Reading time: 4 minutes
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...
Payer
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...
Financial Services
Product Owner vs. Project Manager: What’s the Difference?
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At Silverline, we’re passionate about how technology can help solve business problems. But we’ll let you in on a little secret: technology is only as good as the team implementing it. We’ve done countless projects with hundreds of clients in financial services, healthcare, and media and entertainment, and the most successful implementations years later are...
Payer
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...
Provider
Improving Care Through the Patient Contact Center
Reading time: 5 minutes
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....
Provider
25 Healthcare Stats 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...
Payer
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...
Payer
Cracking the Code for Healthcare Member Engagement
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Payers have to effectively manage a tangle of ever-changing relationships between providers, groups, and member communities — all while handling traditional operational challenges like claims processing. Today, member expectations are changing. Meeting these new demands requires payers to step up their member engagement programs. Payers need to evaluate the best step forward for their organization...
Payer
Payer Provider Portals: What They Are and Why You Need One
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As a payer, you know that your contractual relationships with different providers can be complicated. (Understatement of the year, right?) You’re dealing with different lines of business, government regulations, tangled provider relationships, and payment schedules that can be wildly different. What you need is a health insurance provider portal powered by Salesforce to bring it...
Provider
Improving the Patient Experience Starts with These 7 Steps
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At one time, providing high quality of care was enough to build a successful healthcare practice. Today, however, doctors and their staff must also provide high-quality, efficient service to attract new patients and achieve high patient retention. The road from potential patient to loyal, returning patient is long — beginning with an online search for...