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<h5><b>Healthcare case study</b></h5>

<h3 class="m-0 pb-1"><b>At a glance</b></h3>
<p><span class="text-accent1-light"><b>Industry<br> </b></span>Healthcare</p> <p><span class="text-accent1-light"><b>Challenge</b><br> </span><span style="line-height: 26.0px;">Find and implement a claims and referral management platform to drive business expansion</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 26.0px;"><span class="text-accent1-light"><b>Products and services</b></span></p> <p>TriZetto QNXT<br> TriZetto QNXT Workflow Engine</p>
<p><b><span class="text-accent1-light">Success Highlights</span></b><br> </p> <ul> <li>Saved $821,240 in annual labor costs</li> <li>Increased auto-adjudication to 75%</li> <li>Achieved 50% automation of referral program</li> <li>Increased operational efficiencies by 50%</li> <li>Redeployed 25% of staff to other key initiatives</li> </ul>
<h3><span class="text-accent2-dark"><b>Our approach</b></span></h3> <p>MedPartners searched for a modern core administrative platform that could support its business expansion plans. Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and site visits led to the selection of the TriZetto® QNXT™ platform from Cognizant.</p> <p>QNXT offers the automation and integration capabilities needed to automate critical manual processes and integrate key third-party systems and applications. These capabilities also enable MedPartners to achieve a much higher auto-adjudication rate, streamline referrals and contain costs.</p>

<h5 class="pt-1">Improving speed and accuracy</h5> <p>The new integration between QNXT, the provider portal and MedPartners’ electronic medical records (EMR) system resulted in a 34% automatic approval of all authorization requests coming from the EMR. QNXT ingests and processes referrals every 15 minutes. It updates header and service level status, and QNXT microservices automatically generate authorization letters to providers. We integrated a fax application to automate digital faxing to providers while the client’s business team receives completed notifications for review. </p> <p>QNXT’s ability to integrate key third-party data and applications saves costs by allowing MedPartners to perform system maintenance in-house versus using an outside vendor. A QNXT API securely obtains physician data directly from the NPI registry, streamlining provider loads. The integrations have improved accuracy and throughput in claims editing and third-party pricing and code maintenance.</p>
<h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"> <b><span class="text-primary">Business outcomes</span></b></span></h3> <p>All MedPartners’ institutional claims now adjudicate automatically. The organization automatically transmits ANSI 835s to providers so they have direct visibility into claims volumes at their clearinghouse. We also helped MedPartners identify and address root causes of pending claims, reducing monthly pended claims to less than 10,000 per month, compared to as many as 30,000 to 60,000 claims previously. Only extremely complex claims now require human attention and manual adjudication.</p> <p>MedPartners’ auto-adjudication rate improved from an average of 40% to consistently more than 75%. The referral program, previously 100% manual, has now been automated by 50%. Operational efficiencies have increased by 50%, enabling MedParters to redeploy 25% of its staff to other key initiatives.</p> <p>Efficiencies from automation and integration powered by QNXT have generated an annual labor savings of more than $821,240. Provider service calls about claims have dropped by 20%, and provider appeals and disputes by 15%. The overall improvements, coupled with positive reductions in operations, have also raised health plan audit scores by more than 20%.</p> <p>Accurate, timely claims adjudication results in less friction for health plan members and their providers. Automated referrals expedite members’ access to the health services they need, which should lead to better health outcomes.</p>

<h5><b>About the client</b></h5> <p>MedPartners is a managed services organization (MSO) wholly owned by Clinicas del Camino Real, Inc. Clinicas provides quality, comprehensive and preventative healthcare services to Ventura County, California. MedPartners offers claims, eligibility and medical management processing services to health plans serving central California markets. For more information visit <a href="https://www.clinicas.org/" target="_blank">www.clinicas.org</a>.</p>
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