Guiding Principles: Payment Integrity as a Strategic Enterprise Solution
Today’s technology innovations and workforce challenges (need to drive toward greater efficiency) are prompting payers to take a closer look at payment integrity with an eye toward a more strategic framework. More and more payers are recognizing that the status quo will not suffice in a volatile, disruptive market where change is happening with increasing speed.
Over the past decade, the healthcare industry has seen payment integrity evolve from an under-resourced operational niche to a strategic asset that is central to the overall management of medical expense, in addition to efforts to improve quality of care and foster mutually satisfying provider relations. Let’s look at some guiding principles establishing Payment Integrity as a strategic asset.
