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From Manual Mayhem to Predictive Precision: The New Era of Provider Data

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Manual provider data management isn’t just outdated, it’s operationally risky. Spreadsheets. Email follow-ups. Periodic roster reviews. These legacy processes are slow, expensive, and prone to error. Fortunately, AI-powered platforms are changing that by introducing real-time data flow and intelligent oversight across the entire provider lifecycle. How Health Plans Are Modernizing To illustrate, here’s how leading […]

Cutting Through the Hype: What AI Really Means for Provider Data Management

AI for Provider Data Management

AI is everywhere in healthcare, but when it comes to provider data management, clarity is more valuable than hype. The Real Challenge Isn’t Technology The reality? Technology is rarely the issue. Today’s systems can automate credentialing checks, validate provider primary source and demographic information, and integrate with CVOs, licensing boards, and state agencies. However, the […]

Scaling Provider Networks: Why Lifecycle Visibility Matters

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As value-based care, telehealth, and multi-state plans expand, provider networks are scaling faster than ever before. But without lifecycle visibility-into credentialing, license status, recredentialing, and provider changes growth creates risk instead of opportunity. After all, lifecycle visibility isn’t a luxury. It’s a requirement for scaling smart, staying compliant, and optimizing provider onboarding. The Pressure to […]

How Centralized Provider Data Reduces Compliance Risk

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Compliance isn’t just about checking boxes it’s about staying ahead of risk, avoiding penalties, and ensuring provider network integrity. But when provider data is fragmented across credentialing vendors, HR teams, and spreadsheets, even the best compliance teams are flying blind. Centralizing provider data, therefore, allows you to reduce exposure, streamline audit prep, and avoid costly […]

Prescription for what payers and heath systems need for PLM

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In the world of healthcare, there’s a hidden challenge that affects everything from patient care to administrative costs: provider data management. At Virsys12, we’re tackling this challenge head-on, and we’re excited to share how we’re revolutionizing the industry. Let’s dive in! The Provider Data Dilemma Ever tried to find a new doctor and ended up […]

The Technology Revolution in Healthcare Provider Data Management: Why 2025 is the Turning Point

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As recently discussed in our Forbes article “The Technology Revolution In Healthcare Provider Data Management: Why 2025 Is The Turning Point,” The healthcare industry is facing a transformative moment in provider data management. With the 2026 REAL Health Providers Act fast approaching, organizations are under mounting pressure to modernize outdated processes and meet new regulatory […]

Streamlining Provider Contract and Fee Schedule Management with V12 Network

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Efficient provider contract and fee schedule management is essential for health care organizations. This is true for both a “build” or “manage” the network status. Yet, many health care organizations continue to struggle with archaic provider contracting technology or processes, fragmented data including complex reimbursement arrangements, and manual downstream data entry to critical billing/claims applications. […]

Why Manual Provider Directory Updates Are Failing Healthcare

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As I recently discussed in my Forbes article, “Why Provider Directory Mandates Are Failing In Healthcare,” the healthcare industry is grappling with a crisis in provider directory accuracy—one that manual processes simply cannot fix. A new study in The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) has provided compelling evidence reinforcing what many of us in healthcare […]

Creating Unified Healthcare Solutions: Insights from Virsys12 and Conga on Integrated Provider Data Management and Contracting

In the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, the need for seamless provider data management and contracting processes has never been more critical. Healthcare organizations face significant challenges in managing provider data and contracts across multiple systems. This leads to inefficiencies and lost opportunities to improve care delivery. In this Q&A, Tammy Hawes, Founder and CEO of […]

Provider Lifecycle Management: The Build vs. Buy Dilemma

When healthcare organizations look to implement a provider lifecycle management (PLM) system, they face a critical decision. Should they build a custom solution from scratch or invest in a specialized solution from a vendor? A truly comprehensive PLM system—covering provider onboarding, credentialing workflows, contracting with fee schedules, claims activation, ongoing provider data management, and provider […]

Streamlining Provider Data Management & Directory with V12 Network

Accurate and efficient provider data management is critical to the success of any healthcare organization. Let’s face it, provider networks are complex. The need to maintain up-to-date, comprehensive directories has never been more critical. Yet, many organizations struggle with the intricacies of managing multiple provider data sources, keeping pace with regulatory requirements, and ensuring that […]

2026 REAL Act Countdown: Is Your Provider Data Ready to Make a Splash?

In the world of healthcare, change is the only constant. But the wave of transformation heading our way with the REAL Health Providers Act is more like a tsunami. Set to crash into the industry in 2026, this legislative behemoth is set to revolutionize how we manage provider data. The question is: will your organization ride […]

The Role of Technology in Transforming Provider Network Operations

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In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, provider network operations serve as the backbone of the provider lifecycle. Efficient management of these operations is critical, ensuring that the lifecycle continues seamlessly long after initial enrollment, onboarding, and credentialing are complete. Yet, the sheer complexity and volume of these tasks often result in operational bottlenecks that can […]

Maximizing ROI with Virsys12: Real Success Stories and Powerful Tools

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In today’s fast-paced healthcare environment, efficiency and accuracy are crucial. At Virsys12, we are committed to providing solutions that not only streamline workflows but also deliver significant returns on investment. We are excited to highlight some of the remarkable successes our clients have achieved, introduce our powerful ROI Calculator, and share insights on the benefits […]

Key Takeaways on Combating Siloed Data in Healthcare

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Efficient data exchange is crucial in today’s healthcare landscape, yet the industry grapples with siloed data—information trapped within different departments, systems, or organizations. This fragmentation hinders collaboration and optimal patient care. My recent article in Forbes, “Unraveling The Chaos: How Siloed Provider Directory Data Undermines Pricing Transparency,” takes a look at this issue. Here are […]

The Role of Incorrect Provider Directories in Surprise Medical Billing

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Imagine visiting a doctor you believe is covered by your insurance, only to later receive an unexpected, hefty bill. Sound familiar? You’ve fallen victim to surprise medical billing. And a significant culprit behind this issue is inaccurate provider directories. Surprise medical billing occurs when you visit a doctor you think is part of your insurance […]

Unveiling the Critical Role of Provider Data in Health Plan Operations

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In the dynamic landscape of healthcare, the accuracy and currency of provider data have become paramount for the survival of health plans.  My recent article in Forbes, “The Data Behind The Provider Directory: Why Provider Data Is Key,” delves into this topic and the crucial role of provider data in optimizing workflows, ensuring precise claims […]

Q&A with Virsys12’s CTO, Seth Hobgood

Seth Hobgood

What are you most excited to be working on this year at Virsys12? This year, a key focus for us is enhancing our V12 Provider Data Engine (PDE) product to tackle the challenge of ever-changing provider data in healthcare organizations. This application processes data from various provider data sources, including provider demographics, provider taxonomies and […]

Healthcare on Overdrive: Why an Enterprise Provider Data Strategy is a Must for Health Plans

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In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, where labor costs intensify and regulatory complexities surround provider networks and directories, health plans find themselves at a crucial juncture. The need to reimagine their approach to working with providers has never been more apparent. Fragmented engagement, siloed data, and disparate systems are becoming obsolete and unmanageable. To navigate […]

How to Build Better Behavioral Health Networks

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Healthcare Business Today More than 50 million Americans live with or experience mental illness, according to Mental Health America. This leads to increased disability claims, missed experiences, premature death and even suicide. It’s a problem that needs a solution. Thankfully, recent legislation and federal investments have been made in pursuit of better support and resources […]

Why Provider Network Management Is Important For Health Plans

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Before founding Virsys12, I started my career as a software developer in healthcare and ultimately held roles as a CTO and CIO. It was evident to me that there was room for improvement in the automation of business processes in healthcare to eliminate waste and improve efficiencies. We believe there is no better place to […]

Why We Should Embrace Digital Healthcare

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It’s a truism that the pandemic dramatically sped up the digitizing of our lives, with the ubiquity of teleconferencing today being the most obvious manifestation of this trend. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Perhaps the most dramatic change has been the rise of digital healthcare–and this is good news for all of […]

How Building Behavioral Health Networks Can Help Solve the Mental Health Crisis

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Almost one in five American adults live with a mental illness, up to 51.5 million people in 2019, according to Mental Health America. Depression is one of the leading causes of disability, and people with severe mental health diagnoses die two decades prematurely. The mental health crisis is even more dire for young adults in […]

Virsys12 + Becker’s Hospital Review Webinar

The success of payer-provider partnerships depends on a new level of collaboration. Keeping up with the expectations of members and patients regarding how they access, engage and experience healthcare requires a new type of partnership. At Virsys12, we believe clean, accurate provider data plays a critical role in transforming the business of healthcare. This webinar […]

Keep Your Providers in Network Happy

When it comes to building and managing a provider directory in healthcare, the provider network can be complicated, especially because it must be kept compliant and up to date. Your provider onboarding and credentialing team try their best to juggle it all, but it can be easy for them to fall short. This is largely […]

What ACOs Need to Know to Meet the Demands of ACO REACH and Unlock its Benefits

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In an effort to lower healthcare costs and improve quality of care and access to care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center recently cancelled the Geographic Direct Contracting Model and is phasing out the Global and Professional Direct Contracting Models (GPDC) at the end of 2022. Participants that meet requirements will […]

Virsys12 + ProviderTrust Webinar

Best-in-Class Provider Network Management

Executive leadership from ProviderTrust and Virsys12 discuss managing the complexities of provider data and network management for providers and payers. From onboarding and recruiting to contract negotiations to setup of reimbursement models for claims payments, we explore the challenges that face payers and providers across the provider lifecycle and how best to manage in 2022 […]

Accelerating Healthcare Innovation With Cloud Data Analytics

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Accelerating Healthcare Innovation With Cloud Data Analytics Cloud technology, machine learning, and in-depth analytics across the healthcare industry are redefining patient care, patient experience, provider experience, and innovation. Learn about the latest trends in healthcare cloud solutions and analytics and how they’re fueling the next wave of healthcare innovation. 3 Ways Cloud Computing Will Redefine […]