From delayed or avoided healthcare procedures to lost insurance coverage, COVID-19 has affected almost every aspect of our lives. The primary effects have been well documented, and the secondary effects will present transformational challenges to the healthcare system. Increasingly, there are three emerging areas of opportunity to treat healthcare patients post-pandemic:
Provider data management
Health plans that own inaccurate and poorly managed provider directories are already challenged with dissatisfied members, provider abrasion and fines. Post pandemic, PDM challenges will only accelerate. The demographic shift to less populated communities may impact members’ access to care and their ability to find updated information in their plan’s provider data.
PDM will increasingly serve as a critical health system touchpoint across these areas: