On this episode of FINN Voices host Beth Friedman is joined by Ryan Kelly, Senior Director of Content & Growth at Trek Health to explore how the emerging role of Transparency in Coverage (TiC) data is shifting the power dynamic in healthcare payer negotiations. The conversation offered five key takeaways for health IT and finance leaders.
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Takeaways
- Federal transparency mandates generated massive, unusable datasets that new analytics platforms can now transform into a powerful strategic advantage for health IT and finance leaders.
- Providers shift the negotiation power dynamic by accessing the same market rate data insurers once kept private, replacing high-level assumptions with precise intelligence.
- Transparent pricing reveals where health systems earn less than local peers for identical services, providing objective evidence to secure fair market compensation.
- Analysis of regional reimbursement trends identifies geographic white spaces and high-margin opportunities to expand services where competitors overcharge.
- Modern contract management replaces manual review with AI tools that flag underperforming agreements and model financial impacts in real-time.
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FINN Voices
Amplifying the power of health innovation to improve people’s lives.
FINN Voices amplifies the power of health innovation and information technology. Hosted by health experts from FINN Partners, each episode offers a peek behind the curtain of innovation with healthcare’s leading changemakers. We talk about their ideas and challenges along the way; continually shaping critical conversations and introducing the new health technologies that lie ahead.
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