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Shawn Howell
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VP/Other Executive

Product

eCare NEXT doesn't identify hospice. Also, with the rollbacks of the marketplace plans, I don't...

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Operations

Experian Health isn’t good during implementation. They aren't good at double-checking their work, so...

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VP/Other Executive

Relationship

eCare NEXT is as good as the effort we put into it. I have an excellent preservices team, and they...

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Director

Loyalty, Product

We are doing quite a bit of work with Experian Health to get to where we need to be with eCare NEXT....

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Director

Product

The integration between eCare NEXT and Oracle Health's system makes things very user friendly for...

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Manager

Culture, Product, Value

With price transparency and no surprise billing, a lot of focus is definitely on our estimates....

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Manager

Relationship

We've used Experian Health for quite some time. It's good that Experian Health continues to evolve,...

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Manager

Operations

eCare NEXT is easy to use. The team at Experian Health has come on-site and worked with our teams....

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Director

Relationship, Product

Experian Health is an excellent partner. eCare NEXT works for things like patient estimation, but...

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Director

Product

eCare NEXT does all the pinging of the payers for us so that we don't have to have somebody waste...

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Director

Operations

Experian Health gives training on the functionality of the tool and screen navigation, but we still...

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Director

Loyalty, Relationship, Product

Out of all the vendors that we have seen, Experian Health seems to have the most payer connections....

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Director

Relationship

We have problems with performance. We are in the midst of an optimization project because we are...

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Director

Product

Experian Health doesn’t integrate well enough. They need to do better. They don't feed the...

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Director

Relationship

We are the happiest we have ever been with the work Experian Health is doing. They talk to us quite...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship, Product

For people investigating Experian Health, it is important to understand the language differences....

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

The preauthorization tool in eCare NEXT lacks many common payers, which may not be Experian Health’s...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Culture, Value

As much as we overpay for eCare NEXT, it is a necessity, and we get what the vendor said they would...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product, Value

For verification of insurance, eCare NEXT does a good job. It does what it needs to do. I have...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

Experian Health has only two payers that we use live for prior authorizations, so that setup isn't...

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Manager

Product

There are a lot of emails about slowness and about payers being down with eCare NEXT. I don’t...

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Manager

Relationship, Operations

With eCare NEXT, there has been a struggle over the years since the implementation with things not...

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Manager

Relationship, Product

With Experian Health, I haven’t seen much progress in the support space. I also haven’t seen any new...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

With the version of eCare Next that we have, and since we don't have the full enterprise version, we...

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Manager

Product

Right now, I'm not too happy with Experian Health. A lot of users are having issues with part of the...

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Manager

Relationship, Product

I love the system, but I'm the administrator for it. Staff members are normally okay with it. I'm...

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Manager

Product

With eCare NEXT, there are rules that work across the board for both the hospital and the physician...

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Manager

Product

We made some changes on the hospital side, so when surgeries are scheduled, if the system that they...

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Manager

Relationship

The vendor does regular maintenance, but they don't tell us what the maintenance is. I've learned...

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Director

Relationship

Experian Health continues to meet us where we're at. They are great thought partners. They have come...

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Director

Relationship

I've seen some really great improvements this year with Experian Health's support people. I need...

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Director

Operations

Experian Health needs to create more training than what they have out there. When we started with...

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Director

Product

While eCare NEXT works really well, the vendor has not touched the tool in a long time. It needs a...

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Director

Loyalty

Experian Health does have a new system out that I would love to have. Basically, it screens the...

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Director

Relationship

We couldn’t live without eCare NEXT. It has been a great system. Experian Health’s products help us...

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Director

Culture, Relationship

Experian Health is an excellent company to work with. It has all been positive. We have been working...

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Manager

Product

I would caution people considering eCare NEXT about the accuracy of the estimate. The tool seems...

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Manager

Product

eCare NEXT uses Experian Health’s Contract Manager & Analysis as the source of truth. There are many...

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Director

Product, Value

The eCare NEXT tool is what it is, and the vendor hasn't done a lot with it. But we have seen...

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Director

Culture, Product

Contractual mapping had been a bit of a struggle. That included not necessarily contracts but the...

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Director

Relationship

I feel like I'm part of Experian Health’s team and like they are part of mine. I can't say enough...

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Director

Relationship

I'm a big fan of Experian Health. The number-one thing is their customer service and support. It is...

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Director

Product

eCare NEXT is a real-time eligibility tool that gives feedback on the 271 forms that we are...

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Director

Product, Value

I don't have all the capabilities in Coverage Discovery; Experian Health has all kinds of other...

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Director

Relationship

We are very satisfied with Experian Health. They are a strong partner. They are responsive when...

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Director

Value

With Experian Health, we get what we pay for. eCare NEXT is a strong product, but we are paying for...

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Manager

Relationship

The support has gotten a lot better over the years. Experian Health has started to focus more on...

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Manager

Relationship

We attend Experian Health’s yearly conference, so they show road maps and things that they are...

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Manager

Relationship, Product

The performance of the tool is hit-and-miss. Regarding the payer responses that go through the...

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Manager

Relationship, Product

The performance of eCare NEXT around patient estimation depends on whether our profile updates are...

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Manager

Operations

Experian Health really works hard on trying to put some stuff in the training, and we got really...

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Director

Relationship, Operations

During the Change Healthcare incident, Experian Health was extremely helpful. We didn’t really miss...

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Director

Operations, Product

For eCare NEXT, there are still some modules that the patient registration team uses for ongoing...

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Director

Culture

Experian Health doesn't nickel-and-dime us. We have a pretty fair agreement with them. We have...

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Director

Relationship

Experian Health is really great at ensuring that the system remains up. They communicate if there is...

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Director

Product

The system's ease of use is okay. The system is pretty straightforward, but it can be tough to get...

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Director

Relationship, Product

We have had some issues because Experian Health isn't able to get information for our type of...

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Director

Product

eCare NEXT can integrate. The vendor also has a website where we can go to search a member, and we...

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Director

Relationship

We have an issue where eCare NEXT keeps going down. That issue is ongoing, and there is fault on...

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Director

Loyalty, Value

I am not thrilled with eCare NEXT right now, and I was never really thrilled with it to begin with....

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Director

Relationship

With so much turnover at Experian Health, the person who I am supposed to go to with complaints...

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Director

Product

eCare NEXT isn't meeting all of our needs right now. Its medical necessity feature is very good, but...

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Director

Relationship

My experience with eCareNEXT is better now than it has been in the last couple of years. We have...

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Director

Relationship

Experian Health does not keep all their promises. I did not have a good experience with them in...

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Director

Culture

We have a tiered model with some of our stuff. If we stay within Experian Health's tiers or their...

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Director

Product

Some of the functionality of eCare NEXT could be improved. A lot of our payers have benefit-specific...

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Director

Relationship

Experian Health does a decent job on the eligibility portion. We have regular check-ins, at least...

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Director

Relationship

There are often times when things are broken or the insurance information that comes back is...

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Director

Loyalty

I am not sure whether I would buy eCare NEXT again. I haven't done a lot of hunting to see what else...

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Director

Operations, Product

Regarding integration, we have had a few challenges here and there with our partner organizations....

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Manager

Product, Value

I have looked at a few good-faith estimates. We use eCare NEXT for that a lot. Most of the time, the...

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Manager

Operations

We received training on the vendor's financial assistance and screening product when we first went...

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Manager

Product, Value

Right now, we have eCare NEXT take all of our self-pay patients, and we run those patients through...

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Manager

Relationship

There are issues with eCare NEXT's support. Sometimes, eCare NEXT will pawn their tickets off. eCare...

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Manager

Relationship

I like our representative from Experian Health. That individual is a good representative, and they...

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Manager

Value

The clearinghouse we use has a flat fee, no matter how many times transactions hit. Experian Health...

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Manager

Product

eCare NEXT's biggest strength is how they display data when something is incorrect. It is almost...

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Manager

Product

I would like to be able to build custom reports in eCare NEXT the way I used to in our former...

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Loyalty

When we were looking at vendors, we did some research on quality assurance, and all roads led back...

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Operations, Product

eCare NEXT is fairly new to us. We have had some implementation challenges with the postback of the...

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Relationship, Product

We have had an ongoing issue with medical necessity alerts for over a year that still isn’t resolved...

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Relationship

Our Experian Health customer service person sometimes seems overwhelmed, and that has been a...

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Relationship

Experian Health intends to keep all their promises, but there can be challenges, particularly when...

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Manager

Relationship, Operations

We have some things that we want to do with eCare NEXT, and Experian Health has given us some...

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Manager

Product

Right now, the patient-estimation tool in eCare NEXT is a little broken in that it requires several...

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Manager

Relationship, Product

We don't always get the correct information from our verifications. In terms of our reliance on the...

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Director

Product

The product delivers everything we have asked for.

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Manager

Culture, Product

For patient estimation, I would rate eCare NEXT between middle of the road and top of the scale, but...

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Manager

Value

eCare NEXT is expensive.

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Manager

Relationship

I have had a mostly positive experience with Experian Health. They have done a great job of keeping...

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Director

Relationship

I don't talk to Experian Health daily, but I do at least once a quarter. They keep us up-to-date on...

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Director

Relationship

We have expanded our services with Experian Health. As we have gone through that process with them...

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Director

Culture

When we have an issue or want to do something new with Experian Health, it seems like they are...

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Director

Culture, Relationship

We don't get a whole lot of metrics from Experian Health. We don't receive the metrics that we were...

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Director

Culture, Loyalty, Relationship

Experian Health's customer service aspect is why eCare NEXT isn't part of our long-term plans. The...

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Director

Value

I am happy with what eCare NEXT is doing for patient estimation. I am happy with what we have....

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Director

Relationship

Experian Health definitely supports our integration goals. None of Experian Health's SFTPs or...

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Director

Product

eCare NEXT is stable, and it works. It has access to quite a few different payers. eCare NEXT is...

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Manager

Product

This product is very siloed. When I add an insurance contract and link the new insurance from our...

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Director

Operations

In a short period of time, we were able to test and create initial rules working with Experian...

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Director

Loyalty, Relationship

Experian Health's service is fast and reliable. The vendor maintains the highest levels of...

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Director

Relationship

I have regular calls with Experian Health. We change the cadence every once in a while, depending on...

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Director

Value

Experian Health doesn't charge me for anything that I don't use. On the contrary, when I am over my...

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Director

Culture

Experian Health keeps all of their promises, with a minor exception. Initially, I had contracted for...

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Manager

Product

Experian Health is awesome. It is great because we start our day and launch the module before we...

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Manager

Product

Certain payers may not display their IPA on their eligibility. When I submit a trouble ticket, after...

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Manager

Loyalty, Product, Value

With the Medicare HMO plans, we would love for the system to automatically run Medicare because we...

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Director

Culture, Relationship

We meet with a salesperson regularly because they tell us new things that are coming out, and we...

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Director

Product

I can't speak to the goals that the vendor might have for the future. I am very involved with...

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Director

Product

The product is all electronic. We basically build the rules on how often we want to verify our...

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Manager

Relationship, Product

Our authorization team doesn’t really use or trust eCare NEXT for preauthorizations. Experian Health...

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Manager

Product

eCare NEXT is user-friendly. I like that it breaks down the eligibility piece in an easier-to-read...

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