Ghost networks are a latency problem
Accurate provider data can still produce a stale payer directory when preparation and processing delays outlast the roster itself.
Accurate provider data can still produce a stale payer directory when preparation and processing delays outlast the roster itself.
A roster file can be delivered without being accepted, processed, or reflected. Provider teams need evidence at each step.
Every healthcare organization with payer contracts does this. Almost none of them have a name for it.