Healthcare Business Review

MedMatch Network
The Care Continuum Every Community Needs

AMOS DARE, MedMatch Network | Healthcare Business Review | Top Medical Practice Management Service CompaniesAMOS DARE, MD, FOUNDER AND CEO

There is a giant push toward making electronic health records (EHR) universal and standardized for higher interoperability. Today’s digital healthcare ecosystem demands seamless connection of all data sources between providers, payers, vendors, patients, and other health departments. But EHRs were originally designed to store and access information, not exchange data. Their inability to communicate information with other systems is throwing a wrench into the works, notwithstanding the sheer volume of the information to be exchanged.

In a fragmented EHR space, clinicians have to re-gather patient history, rearrange lab tests, and make medical diagnoses based on insufficient information, resulting in patient treatment delays, lost health records, and inferior care.

MedMatch Network empowers healthcare organizations with patient data aggregation and interoperability. Its end-to-end collaboration platform is making a difference by facilitating communication between EHR systems and healthcare facilities, ultimately leading to bettercoordinated care. What is unique to the MedMatch Network is their integrative platform, empowering patients with their EHR so they can better navigate the healthcare marketplace.

PAVING THE PATH FOR EHR INTEROPERABILITY

The 21st Century Cures Act continues to pave the way for nationwide clinical data exchange and accelerated collaboration among providers, but the lack of standardization of data across multiple EHR systems remains an overarching challenge for meaningful data exchange.

MedMatch Network is changing the status quo by facilitating clinically meaningful exchange of patient data between different healthcare providers.

The platform’s APIs are aligned with the latest regulations for medical software interoperability. They are up to date with the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (HL7 FHIR) Release 4.0.1 and meet all Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and ONC interoperability requirements. The platform also complies with HIPAA and the HITECH Act, providing patients with data privacy for their EHRs and other sensitive health information.

“It is not just about building a platform that leverages the power of AI and machine learning to optimize workflows and automation, but, more importantly, it is about taking a patient-centric angle and providing clinically meaningful application interfaces that ensure continuum of care,” says Dr. Amos Dare, a Yale-trained neurosurgeon with over 23 years of experience in medical practice and the founder and CEO of MedMatch Network.

When providers and patients alike are empowered with information, healthcare organizations are more likely to see care quality and coordination improve, and costs decrease. At the end of the day, the MedMatch Network’s goal is to optimize patient care by providing rapid, convenient, and full access to their patients, where and when it is needed in the most impactive form, data.

CURBING PATIENT REFERRAL LEAKAGE

One of the biggest benefits that MedMatch Network brings to the healthcare industry is its automated referral workflow that guarantees zero referral leakage.

For many healthcare professionals and organizations, the number of referrals that disappear is a mystery.

Referral leakage is not just a frustrating and timeconsuming issue for primary care physicians attempting to build a treatment plan for their patients; it results in loss of revenue and increased cost for all parties, including health insurance companies, medical providers and their patients falling out-of-network.

With all providers connected to the same cloudbased technology, there is greater visibility into the patient’s referral and management journey. The platform streamlines communication among all providers. This ensures that patients do not fall through the crack.

TRANSITIONING FROM E-FAX TO MEDMATCH NETWORK

For many years, the fax machine and its successor electronic fax (e-fax) have been the workhorses for communication of vital medical records. With e-fax, it takes an average of four full-time employees to manage one patient referral draining resources from already overworked medical offices. The MedMatch Network proprietary softwares automates and optimizes, provider search and matching, insurance prequalification, referral tracking, rescheduling and more. The patient integrated interface puts the provider in the driver seat and the patient in the passenger seat. The provider performs the patient evaluation, makes the diagnosis and prescribes treatment recommendations. The patient has the option to select from a pool of prequalified providers and control their scheduling of their appointments. In many respects, the MedMatch network platform is restoring the traditional provider-patient partnership and trust.

MedMatch Network’s plug-ins can be integrated into relevant medical information systems to streamline the exchange of clinical information between physicians, patients, and ancillary service providers, whether it is data from clinical labs, MRI scan facilities, or other diagnostic and therapeutic services. This ensures that relevant data is made available to healthcare professionals where and when it is needed. Healthcare providers no longer have to deal with the administrative burdens, increased cost and financial penalties that come with referral faxes that cannot be tracked with patients falling by the wayside. For health insurance payers, it ensures in-network management by matching a patient to a provider who accepts their insurance. For patients, it takes out the frustration and fear of not receiving timely care. Finally, all parties benefit from access to vital patient information to make timely decisions.

ENABLING CARE COLLABORATION THROUGH REFERRAL MANAGEMENT

Whereas access to patient data and communication among providers is paramount to good patient care, putting a team together to co-manage the patient is just as important to patient outcome. The MedMatch platform facilitates just that. A special feature of the platform is the smart online referral network. Medical providers and patients alike can build their own network of prequalified providers. Provider Credential Scoring, a unique peer-to-peer rating system that takes into account patient feedback, as well as platform performance rating is displayed on each provider profile and facilitates network building. Providers on the MedMatch Network have an aligned interest to improve patient outcomes by staying connected and informed on their patients.

The platform lends itself to specific use cases such as optimizing the key Medicare performances measures for managed care organizations such as Accountable Care Organizations (ACO’s) and some closed physician management groups. For ACO’s to function effectively, there must be a clear line of communication between the administrators, provider groups, physician practices, and patients; but more importantly, there must be a system for coordinating care—especially patient referral management among ACO’s various providers. The MedMatch Network offers one of the best ways to ensure ACO’s can coordinate care to their highest ability reduce costs and participate in Medicare savings.

DELIVERING UNMATCHED HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES

MedMatch Network goes beyond merely providing a software solution. Its team of like-minded healthcare professionals is fueled by a passion to transform the state of the healthcare industry using technology and upstream solutions.

Our End Goal Is To Provide Meaningful Patient Experiences And Optimize Healthcare Outcomes

“Our end goal is to provide meaningful patient experiences and optimize healthcare outcomes,” says Dr. Dare.

As a Yale-trained neurosurgeon with 23 years of experience in practicing medicine, Dare witnessed firsthand the challenges of the referral system. Being a purpose-driven entrepreneur, he had a desire to use technological innovations to upend today’s digital healthcare delivery—which ultimately led to the inception of MedMatch Network.

  • It Is Not Just About Building A Platform That Leverages The Power Of Ai And Machine Learning To Optimize Workflows And Automation, But, More Importantly, It Is About Taking A Patientcentric Angle And Providing Clinically Meaningful Application Interfaces That Ensure Continuum Of Care


His team’s ceaseless efforts are the bedrock of their sustained success, and remain the driving force behind the company’s ongoing growth. The collaboration between the team members, along with their combined 200 years of experience in the health-tech space, allows them to share knowledge and work toward a common goal of providing better patient-centered care.

Moving forward, the company’s goal is to use emerging technologies to optimize healthcare delivery and access. They plan on incorporating other aspects into the platform, like nutritional care for patients and medical counseling services.

Born out of the desire to ensure that every patient receives the care they deserve, today, MedMatch Network empowers patients and providers with the information they need to decrease care costs and improve quality and coordination.