JACKSONVILLE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Health plans and providers expect their participation in value-based care programs to more than triple in the next three to five years. For that growth to be successful, more than 90% of respondents from both groups agree they must automate the information exchange required by these programs. However, only a small percentage of providers and plans report having fully-automated capabilities in place – leaving a questionable gap in the current operational readiness of the market.

These findings and others are from a pair of recently-published research studies by Availity, a leading health information network. They shed further light on the need for automated information exchange solutions in the market to support emerging payment models, and call attention to the disruption the market may encounter if health plans and providers continue to rely on manual methods of exchanging critical data.

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