Blockchain in Healthcare: Separating Hype from Reality

Is blockchain the biggest innovation since the internet? The hype and buzz about blockchain technology is just beginning in multiple industries. What will this new technology offer the healthcare industry? How will it change the industry manages data? We dive into the basics of blockchain, what the applications can be, and what challenges the industry […]

Managing Provider Data: Addressing the Complexities that Lie Within

Provider data management is complex. We all know that. What we do not always do is go into deeper exploration to learn where exactly that complexity comes from. BetterDoctor provider portal helps thousands of doctors, office managers and administrators on a daily basis to update their provider directory information. Here is what we learned about […]

The Spotted Trends at HIMSS 2018

If there’s one thing clear to the BetterDoctor team after this year’s HIMSS, it is that the healthcare industry is fundamentally shifting and there’s a lot going on to that end. We noticed four underlying trends happening simultaneously and much of it is due to the advancements of technology that have shaped consumer expectations. On top of that, […]

2017 CMS Medicare Advantage Provider Directory Audits Are Out. The Results? Not So Good.

Medicare Advantage Plans’ Provider Directory Data Still Found Inaccurate In January 2018, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the results of their second round of Medicare Advantage (MA) online provider directory audits. The 2017 CMS provider directory data audit covered 12,780 locations for 55 Medicare Advantage health plans and found that 52.6% of […]

BetterDoctor 2017 Highlights and Progress Toward More Accurate Provider Data

In 2017, BetterDoctor made great progress toward our mission of fixing the nation’s provider data. Our business grew in multiple areas. We closed $11M B-round funding and 14 new amazing people joined the BetterDoctor team. In this post, we recap some of the biggest milestones we hit as a company. In 2017 our provider data management and […]

Event Recap: How Machine Learning Can Be Used to Maintain Accurate Provider Directories

Last week, Virta Health, a health tech startup that helps patients reverse type 2 diabetes, hosted a meetup called, ‘Machine Learning in Healthcare.’ We joined to discuss the potential of these learning algorithms and heard five talks focused on how machine learning could improve healthcare. Lightning talks were given by: Abe Gong, Superconductive Health Catalin Voss, […]

Student Feature Case Study: Provider Data Powers Doctor Search with Speech Recognition

This Summer, Brandeis University students Eben, Claire, R, and Nila, joined the Justice Brandeis Semester Program for a course on Voice, Web, and Mobile Apps. Without knowing each other before and all coming from different fields of study, they created “DocFinder” to give everyone a chance to find a provider near them by using a simple voice command. Tell […]

BetterDoctor Panel On Fixing Provider Directories at AHIP Institute 2017 in Austin, TX

AHIP’s Institute & Expo — an annual conference that brings together leaders from the health care and policy worlds — will spotlight the future of healthcare coverage. To kick off this conference, Anthem’s CEO Joseph Swedish will open up on the topic of reinventing healthcare for the future. Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and CNN senior political […]