The Communication Cure: How Better Payer-Provider Coordination Can Improve Patient Experiences
At the heart of every successful relationship – in business and in life – is an essential ingredient: communication. For health plans and providers, effective communication makes all the difference in building trust. When it doesn’t happen or it happens too late, they often find themselves with frustrated members/patients on their hands.
Ready to Shift? 90% of Providers Are Interested in Value-Based Care
Adoption of value-based care (VBC) models is growing in U.S healthcare, and the dental industry may be doing more than simply keeping pace. According to a 2024 HealthScape report, within the next two to five years, 100% of the payers with more than five million members and 35% of payers with less than five million members plan to implement VBC.
What’s Trending In the News: From Uncertainty Comes Innovation
Navigating uncertainty has become a top challenge this year for both government and commercial payers. Take for example, mixed messages about Medicaid: Federal funding may or may not be reduced, which could lead to increased utilization, lower profitability, or compliance issues. For commercial dental and vision plans, slowing economic growth and ongoing inflation may result in changes in plan membership. All payers need to prepare for what’s next, but bottom line, it’s difficult to respond in an unpredictable environment.
Brushing Up on Community Care: Our Smile-Worthy Partnership with TeamSmile
For many kids, the unknowns associated with a trip to the dentist can be scary. Too many children in underserved communities don't even get the chance to face that fear. TeamSmile understands that having a hero by your side makes all the difference.
Crossing Paths with Those in Need: Providing Vision Tests for the Maasai
Many of the people the SKYGEN International Foundation serves in northern Tanzania are subsistence farmers, but during our most recent trip we had the good fortune to cross paths with the Maasai, a semi-nomadic ethnic group that follows seasonal rainfall in search of grazing lands for their cattle. The Maasai are known for their bright red robes, though many integrate this traditional dress with Western clothes.
Solving the Problem of Provider Directory Accuracy in Dental Care
The accuracy of provider directories continues to be an ongoing issue in dental care and the wider healthcare industry. Despite state and federal regulations requiring health plans to regularly update directories, and related fines that can start at $1,000 per day per violation, inaccuracies in provider directories continue. And continue. And continue: One 2024 study found that 40% of provider directory inaccuracies last an average of 540 days. That’s 1.5 years.
Meet SKYGEN at Top Industry Events This Year – Let's Connect!
The best connections happen in person – don’t you agree? This year we’re bringing the conversation to top industry events. Whether you're looking to collaborate, learn or simply chat, these are the places where you can meet our specialty benefits experts face-to-face. Let’s connect and spark some new ideas.
Catalyst for Change: SKYGEN Helps Dental Plans Find & Correct Inappropriate Care
Analytics can help identify gaps in dental plan business rules that lead to inappropriate care and high costs. But can analytics increase availability of preventive care resources or providers’ adherence to quality standards?
With SKYGEN’s Analytics, Dental Benefits Administrator Saves $10M & Improves Patient Satisfaction
In the first year, the administrator’s client measurably improved quality of care and saved $10M in costs.
SKYGEN International Foundation Brings Dental Care and Oral Health Education to Tanzania
As Children’s Dental Health Month in the U.S. comes to a close, the SKYGEN International Foundation is finding it would be beneficial to recognize it in Tanzania, too. In 2022, the Foundation began offering oral health education and limited dental care in addition to vision care to people living in the Arusha region of Tanzania.
Big Savings, Better Care with SKYGEN: A $10M Dental Benefits Transformation in Medicaid and Medicare Plans
A dental benefits administrator recently scored a major win for its client by driving costs down and upgrading quality of care in Medicaid and Medicare dental plans. The MVP? SKYGEN’s Enhanced Benefit Management & Analytics (EBM).
2025 Pulse Report: Unveiling the Future of Provider-Payer Relationships
We’re thrilled share the 2025 SKYGEN Pulse Report: Provider Perspectives, developed in collaboration with Hanover Research. This comprehensive research report dives deep into the evolving dental and vision landscapes, providing crucial insights that payers can leverage to strengthen their relationships with network providers while attracting new providers to your networks.
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