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Provider directories are widely inaccurate, with conventional directories slightly outperforming MR directories in accuracy. MR directories have potential for accuracy improvement but lack regulatory ...

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requested public input on creating a CMS-led national directory of providers and services last week. While America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) ...

Relying on a 2-stage secret shopper survey, the authors found that inaccuracies in provider directories often persisted for well over 1 year. Objectives: Provider directory inaccuracies have important ...

Medicare Advantage online provider directories are routinely filled with inaccuracies, according to a recently completed review by CMS. With 48.7% of provider directory locations containing at least ...

Seniors shopping between Medicare Advantage plans will soon have clearer data about payers’ provider networks under a rule the CMS finalized Thursday. Regulators are requiring MA plans to directly ...

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While healthcare provider directories have always been hard to maintain, new regulations can mean costly fines if insurers fail to keep accurate, up-to-date information on the physicians who are in ...

Susan H. Busch ([email protected]) is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, in New Haven, Connecticut. Kelly A. Kyanko is an assistant professor ...

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