The effort, outlined in a new issue brief, “Improving Provider Data Quality: A Collaborative Initiative,” focuses on ways collective action can address complex, costly problems related to payer-provider data-sharing that impacts the healthcare experience for all. 

Staffing Shortages, Hybrid Work, Cyber Threats and AI Drive a 50% YOY Increase in Healthcare Administration Costs and Complexities. Despite Avoiding $193 Billion in Costs Annually Through Automation, Escalating Challenges in Workforce and Data Security Fuel Rising Expenditures 

Additions to the executive leadership team will accelerate the organization’s ability to deliver on a commitment to creating a less costly, more connected experience for stakeholders.CAQH today announced the appointment of two additions to the executive leadership team, Kim Koebel as the organization’s inaugural Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Erin Weber as the new Chief Policy and Research Officer, effective immediately.

With a 25-year track record in healthcare transformation and operations, Ahmad will lead the organization at the center of healthcare data and administration in the US.

CAQH CORE today announced that the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) has recommended the adoption of CAQH CORE Operating Rules to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). 

CAQH today unveiled a refreshed brand and reimagined website that reflects how the organization is delivering data solutions and initiatives to streamline financial and administrative processes in healthcare. 

CAQH today announced that, for the sixth time, the organization  has been named one of the “Best Places to Work” by Modern Healthcare.

CAQH today announced that now more than two million healthcare practitioners use its provider data management solutions to enter, update and verify professional and practice information and securely share it with the organizations that they authorize.  Because this information is entered by providers themselves, verified with authoritative and primary sources and validated using advanced data science, it is an unmatched resource for credentialing, directory and network management and other functions essential to our healthcare system.

Performant Healthcare Solutions (Nasdaq: PFMT), (Performant), a leading provider of technology-enabled payment integrity, eligibility, and related analytics services, and Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare, (CAQH), an industry alliance of nearly 1,000 health plans, 2 million providers, and other healthcare stakeholders working to solve healthcare business challenges, today announced a partnership to improve payment integrity and coordination of benefits (COB) programs for health plans, including regional and community-based health plans.

CAQH today released its tenth annual Index report measuring the progress healthcare payers and providers have made automating electronic business processes. This year’s report found that, while automated workflows implemented during COVID-19 increased efficiency, staffing challenges and greater healthcare utilization contributed to overall higher year-over-year administrative spending.