Parsing Payer MRFs
Healthcare price transparency parsing payer mrfs from the Payerset team.
Why Complete Healthcare Price Transparency is Essential - And What It Takes to Get It Right
Comprehensive healthcare price transparency data has become essential for fair negotiations, strategic planning, and financial forecasts. Here's why completeness matters and how to get it right.
Locations for Health Plan Transparency in Coverage Machine Readable Files Now Publicly Documented
Payerset is now publicly documenting the location of all health plan Machine Readable Files (MRFs) to enhance transparency compliance and serve as a valuable public resource.
November 2023: A Landmark Month in Health Plan Price Transparency
A look at the unprecedented growth in price transparency data during November 2023, including Elevance achieving zero corrupted files and United adding 200 billion rows of data.
A Turning Tide: How Major Payers are Stepping Up Their Data Game
A look at how major payers like Aetna, United, and Elevance are improving their price transparency data quality and accessibility.
The Parse Oscar Goes To...
A lighthearted look at the most challenging payer price transparency files to parse, awarding 'Parse Oscars' to Elevance, Aetna, and Humana for their creative approaches to data publishing.
And Then There Was Humana...
An exploration of the unique challenges Humana presents for healthcare price transparency data access, from nearly 12 million individual files to API rate limiting and processing hurdles.
Aetna's Price Transparency & Thwarting Web Scraping to Keep Data Under Wraps
Exploring the various techniques Aetna employs to block web scraping technologies, hindering data accessibility for consumers and other stakeholders.
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield's Data Obfuscation: The 180GB Table of Contents
How Anthem BCBS made their price transparency table of contents over 180GB uncompressed and the techniques they employed to replicate data, creating barriers to accessibility.