Elevance: AI Can Cure Provider Directory Headaches

  • Jul 05, 2024

    While use cases for artificial intelligence are still largely being tested in health care, AI may be helpful right now for health plans seeking to manage their provider directories — a troublesome task that even the largest payers struggle to handle.

    “There’s a lot of hype here, and really, so far, not much has really materialized,” said Neel Butala, M.D., cofounder of HiLabs, during a June 25 AHIP webinar.

    “However, there’s a big appetite [for AI]…everything ranging from automating administrative tasks, apps, data analytics, to risk prediction, and even you know, personalized medicine. AI has applications in each of these buckets with varying ranges of maturity. And we feel, right now at least, that the easiest thing for people to engage AI in right now is automating administrative tasks. And this is because it improves efficiency; has direct, easily measurable ROI; and it’s pretty low risk for health plans in particular, as it's not really directly involved in member care. And finally, an easy win here can help any AI across an organization that can then be used…for other types of applications that are more advanced, that have a big impact.”

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