Prospective Advantage uses health care data analytics and "encounter facilitation" between policyholders and doctors to identify and close gaps in quality, care, assessment and documentation, according to a statement from the companies.
"We are able to bring a new level of insight and efficiency to the achievement of quality outcomes and data accuracy," asserts Troy Dinkel, M.D., Chief Product Officer of MedAssurant, in a statement. "We are pleased to partner with Independence Blue Cross as part of its member-centric quality improvement initiative."
Independence Blue Cross has made several moves to shore up its data collection, communication and analytics capabilities. It joined two other Blue plans and a health IT provider to acquire NaviNet, a platform that facilitates patient-provider-payer communication, yesterday.
