Performant Healthcare Solutions (Nasdaq: PFMT), (Performant), a leading provider of technology-enabled payment integrity, eligibility, and related analytics services, and Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare, (CAQH), an industry alliance of nearly 1,000 health plans, 2 million providers, and other healthcare stakeholders working to solve healthcare business challenges, today announced a partnership to improve payment integrity and coordination of benefits (COB) programs for health plans, including regional and community-based health plans.

CAQH today released its tenth annual Index report measuring the progress healthcare payers and providers have made automating electronic business processes. This year’s report found that, while automated workflows implemented during COVID-19 increased efficiency, staffing challenges and greater healthcare utilization contributed to overall higher year-over-year administrative spending.