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Precision Fraud, Waste, Abuse and Error Detection™

Address inappropriate payments to unlock new savings with context-aware AI. Identify and stop incremental fraud, waste, abuse and errors with pre-payment and post-payment claim line flagging and medical record review.

The fraud, waste, abuse and error detection system uses context-aware AI to help payers and employers surface and act on inappropriate payments that are missed by existing tools. The system evaluates pre- and post-payment claims against a rich understanding of each member’s medical history and provider’s practice patterns to detect and act on new types of errors and wasteful services with industry-best performance.

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Identify new types of inappropriate payments

The system screens all incoming claims in pre- and post-payment and surfaces categories of services that are routinely missed by existing payment integrity tools, arming payers and employers with new insights to achieve the maximum possible savings.

Flag claims with confidence

The system is highly accurate with few false positives and has been validated by peer-review, enabling teams to take confident action against inappropriate payments.

Accelerate time to action

The system flags inappropriate claims in real-time pre-payment, enabling a cost paradigm shift away from pay-and-chase or putting providers on pre-pay watchlists and toward acting at early signs of inappropriateness.

What's included

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    Post-Payment Audit

    The Post-Payment Audit module analyzes paid claims with proprietary context-aware AI to surface overpayments for adjustment or recovery. Fraud, waste, abuse, and errors are flagged and categorized to be overturned or sent for medical record request. Received medical records are reviewed by a clinician team for deeper assessment of the flagged services and payment recommendation. Additional insights into flagged services, ROI achieved, and new savings opportunities are surfaced to provide clarity and drive decision-making. 

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    Pre-Payment Auto-Rejectable Errors API

    The Pre-Payment Auto-Rejectable Errors API scans all incoming 837s during pre-adjudication and detects payment errors and policy and guideline violations in less than 200 milliseconds to be auto-rejected or edited. Using proprietary AI, new types of issues are identified, including inappropriately unbundled payments, implausible cases, unsupported and out-of-scope services. Flagged claims are identified with the specific claim lines in question and a reason for flagging to guide action. 

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    Pre-Payment Pause API for Medical Record Review

    The Pre-Payment Pause API for Medical Record Review module scans all incoming 837s during pre-adjudication and flags anomalous and medically unnecessary services to be paused and medical records requested. Using proprietary AI, inappropriate claims are surfaced and addressed before payments are made. Received medical records are evaluated by a clinician team for recommendation within a defined SLA to comply with payment processing timelines, and overdue records are tracked for reminders and processing guidance. 

Related resources
Peer-Reviewed Study

New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst Peer-Reviewed Study

Learn how Personify Health reduced their overall medical spend by 1.2% in the first year of launch. Validated by NEJM Catalyst.

Case study

​​​Medicare Advantage Plan Case Study

Learn how Health at Scale helped a Medicare Advantage Plan reduce spend and change provider behavior with pre-payment claim flagging and education initiatives.

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​​​Product Overview

Learn how Precision Fraud, Waste, Abuse and Error Detection™ uses proprietary context-aware AI to identify new categories of inappropriate claims that other systems miss.

Q: How can I integrate Precision Fraud, Waste, Abuse and Error Detection™ with my existing systems?

A: Precision Fraud, Waste, Abuse and Error Detection™ can be integrated as an API, through SFTP data transfer, or deployed on premise. 

API: The API is directly integrated into the pre-adjudication workflow through API to flag incoming pre-payment claims in real-time. This API is typically integrated before or after any primary or secondary editing platforms.  

SFTP: The system can be integrated via SFTP data transfer, whereby a daily pre-paid and/or monthly paid claims file is shared for regular analysis. 

On premise: The system can be deployed on premise as part of a custom deployment so that data never leaves the client’s environment. 

Q: How does Health at Scale ensure data privacy and security?

A: Health at Scale is SOC II Type 2 certified and upholds strict data privacy and security protocols. 

Q: How does the medical record review service work?

A: Health at Scale’s clinician team is available to evaluate medical records on paused or paid claims requiring additional review. The team works with the payer or carrier to request medical records and provides a comprehensive recommendation within a defined SLA from receipt of records to enable swift processing.

Q: Can I use my organization’s clinician or SIU resources to review medical records?

A: Yes, clients can opt to use any existing clinician or SIU resources to review flagged claims and received medical records. For clients who prefer a fully managed offering or would benefit from net new capacity to supplement existing resources, Health at Scale’s clinician team is available to perform this service.

Q: How does Health at Scale work with an employer’s carrier(s) to act on flagged claims?

A: Health at Scale interfaces directly with the employer’s carrier(s) to manage implementation, claims flagging, and medical record review on their behalf. 

Q: What level of tracking and reporting is available?

A: All flagged claims are tracked throughout their lifecycle, including tracking medical records received or past due, adjustments made after flagging, and feedback from the payer or carrier. Reporting is offered monthly or quarterly and provides insight into ROI, flagged, in process, and adjusted claims, as well as breakdowns by geography, line of business, carrier, and other categories. Dashboard reporting is available for jumbo clients.

Q: How can I access detailed API information and what customizations are available?

A: Health at Scale works with each client during implementation to define the API and any customizations needed. 

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