There is widespread consensus that administrative costs in healthcare are excessive. By some estimates, more than $31 billion each year is spent conducting basic business transactions between healthcare providers and health plans. Much of this expense can be attributed to resource-intensive manual processes, such as phone calls, to verify patient coverage or mailing claims and paper checks. If you are from a health plan or provider organization and are interested in participating in this national study and learning more about how you can reduce costs, increase savings and improve the efficiency of health care, register now.