by lgregory@trendhealthpartners.com | Dec 15, 2025 | Article, News, Payer Provider Pulse
Payer Provider Pulse #11 This month’s Payer–Provider Pulse highlights how policy shifts, audit findings, and payer–provider dynamics are reshaping the payment integrity landscape heading into 2026. From CMS’s evolving stance on prior authorization and new enforcement...
by akneisel@trendhealthpartners.com | Aug 21, 2025 | Article, Thought Leadership, Uncategorized
By: Mark Lantz, Vice President of Client Success, at TREND. In healthcare financial management, trust is scarce. Too many vendors say the right things in sales decks and then disappear when outcomes fall short. Integrity is scarce. Payer and provider organizations are...
by akneisel@trendhealthpartners.com | Jul 8, 2025 | Article, Thought Leadership
BY: Michelle Strunk, Vice President, Provider Operations The U.S. healthcare system is complicated enough without surprise bills showing up after the patient has already fought through an illness. Today, patients are shouldering a greater share of their medical costs...
by akneisel@trendhealthpartners.com | Jul 3, 2025 | Article, Thought Leadership
BY: Max Watson, Chief Financial Officer In healthcare financial management* (HFM), the expectations of CFOs are shifting. Once seen primarily as fiscal gatekeepers, finance leaders are now being called upon to act as strategic collaborators, integrating more deeply...
by akneisel@trendhealthpartners.com | Jul 3, 2025 | Article, Thought Leadership
By: Mary Beth Leist, Vice President Strategic Payer Sales I have been in the Payment Integrity space for over 2 decades (aka: I’m old…). I have worked for, managed and sold to both Payer and Provider clients over my career, but always as discrete market silos. This...
by akneisel@trendhealthpartners.com | Jul 3, 2025 | Article, Thought Leadership
BY: Michael Johnson, CSIO, TREND Health Partners In 2024, the global average cost of a data breach hit $4.88 million, a 10 percent jump year-over-year, and in the U.S. healthcare sector specifically, it soared to $9.48 million per incident. Yet many organizations...
