Here's how we approach data challenges, develop machine-learning infrastructure, build end-user applications and create open-source tools.
How It Works
An inside look at how we tackle technical problems
These articles explain how our data engineers and machine-learning experts solve the inherent challenges of messy claims data.
How It Works
An inside look at how we tackle technical problems
These articles explain how our data engineers and machine-learning experts solve the inherent challenges of messy claims data.
The Data
Healthcare data is messy. You probably don't think it can be fixed.

What Is a Visit? Why We Don't Use Raw Claims
Claims are receipts for services rendered, not records of what was done with them. We use machine learning to convert raw claims into Visits — an event-level structure that reflects how healthcare activity actually happened.
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Enhancing NPPES: A More Accurate Provider Directory
NPPES relies on self-reported, infrequently updated data. We determine active status, specialty and organizational relationships directly from recent claims activity, refreshed monthly.
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Converting Raw Rates Into Real Insights: Our Approach to Price Transparency
Machine-readable files show negotiated rates, but not who's actively billing for those services or where. We link TiC data to our provider directory and utilization data to filter out zombie rates and attribute revenue accurately.
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence
LLMs aren't magic. They're math.

Why Your Chatbot Can't Do Strategy
Which LLM you use matters less than the harness around it — the system that governs what the model sees, what tools it can call and how its output gets verified. That's what determines whether AI can actually answer a strategy question.
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Read more about our approach
Product Blog
Inside our products: enabling evidence-based strategy
From feature releases to case studies and methodology explainers, each post shows how health economy stakeholders apply our solutions to drive data-informed decisions.
Field Guide
Our framework for competing in healthcare's negative-sum game
Chapter by chapter, it lays out how market share, physician alignment, consumer behavior, pricing and capital allocation decide who wins and who loses.
Why This Matters
"Anyone can type a question into a chatbot and get an answer. Getting the answer means understanding the data and context behind it."
Matt O'Neill · EVP and Chief Data Officer
In Healthcare's Negative-Sum Game
What do you need to know to win?
What questions do you wish you could answer?