Dive Brief:

Humana and Epic are partnering to speed patient appointment check-in and coverage verification for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries, the companies said Tuesday.

The new features are included in the electronic health record vendor’s payer platform, which allows insurance details from Humana to be automatically shared with providers before patients arrive at appointments, according to a press release.

The collaboration is an early result of an initiative from the Trump administration that aims to boost health data sharing and reduce repetitive, paper-based processes in healthcare, the companies said.

Dive Insight:

The partnership will allow more than 800,000 Humana MA members who receive care at around 120 different health systems to check in at their doctor’s office wi

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