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Optum Retrospective Risk Adjustment Solutions Commentary
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Mac Boyter
Senior Vice President of Insights
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VP/Other Executive

Prior to Optum's acquisition of Episource, I would have rated the vendor's support very highly. Now...

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VP/Other Executive

Because of the ownership changes with Optum, we think the contracting is going to change. They've...

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VP/Other Executive

Optum’s tool drives revenue performance. The ROIs are really nice. There's a lot of revenue here.

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VP/Other Executive

Optum is aware of the recent and upcoming government mandates, but I am not sure they have done much...

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Manager

The vendor has helped us have lower-cost chart retrievals. I would like them to have additional EHR...

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Manager

We get invoices from Episource, and everything is outlined, but we have an issue where they send us...

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Manager

We still have items pending with Episource’s support team that have been pending for a long time. We...

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Manager

We are ending our contract with Episource because they have been a hot mess. They merged with Optum,...

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Manager

If we need assistance or training, or if we want Episource to walk us through a portion of the...

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Manager

We have had a rough go with Episource to the point they've made some concessions for us, but that...

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Manager

Episource Clarity Platform helps us with analytics and coding. Episource drives our front-end...

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Manager

We looked at several vendors before we chose Episource, and Episource's salesperson was great. There...

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Director

Optum is critical for us in our risk score tracking as well as our encounter data submissions, and...

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Director

From a client-management perspective, we have done a lot better than we have in the past. Optum put...

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Director

I would like to see better integration with the Optum family of solutions. Even though we have Optum...

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VP/Other Executive

It is just very difficult and time consuming to implement new services with Optum. It just really...

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Director

Optum has an in-office assessment program that has been around forever. I never hear anything about...

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Director

Optum is forward-thinking. Optum acquired Episource, and that gave them a deeper and better coding...

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Analyst/Coordinator

I'm happy with Episource’s training and the support. I put in tickets, and Episource is pretty good...

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Analyst/Coordinator

We are sticking with Episource but switching vendors for encounters. The main reason is that...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Episource has been really good about supporting us to comply with government mandates. We get...

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Analyst/Coordinator

We have regular calls with Episource, and those calls are always helpful. I have the ability to...

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Analyst/Coordinator

For risk adjustment analytics, Episource Clarity Platform is pretty elementary, and our programs are...

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Analyst/Coordinator

On the encounter side, Episource does pretty well with the implementation of changes. They have been...

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Analyst/Coordinator

I haven't seen Episource be proactive. We are usually the ones telling Episource about issues. I...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Episource Clarity Platform meets our basic needs for analytics. I am not aware of any new technology...

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Analyst/Coordinator

As far as new capabilities go, I haven't seen anything on my end on the encounter side. Episource...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Episource Clarity Platform is very easy to use. From the analyst's standpoint, Episource Clarity...

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Analyst/Coordinator

For risk adjustment, Episource Clarity Platform is our only source of member risk adjustment data,...

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Director

I wouldn't go with Optum again because of the quality of coding. The accuracy is the worst we have...

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Director

Optum is one of the biggest vendors in the industry for a reason. Their work helps us get things...

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