Post by Prateek Jalgaonkar

Lead Analytics Engineer @ Cigna Evernorth | Building Scalable Healthcare Analytics Systems

πŸ’‘ HealthTech Basics: Patient β€’ Provider β€’ Payer βœ… Patient = the one receiving care ; entire healthcare journey starts with them. 🩺 Provider = delivers care (hospitals, doctors, clinics) πŸ›οΈ Payer = finances care (insurance companies, government plans) Here’s how they interact πŸ‘‡ Patient gets treated β†’ Provider documents & bills β†’ Payer reviews (adjudication) β†’ approves/denies β†’ payment happens. In one line: πŸ‘‰ The patient drives the need, the provider delivers the care, and the payer funds it β€” RCM holds it all together. #LearnHealthTech #HealthcareBasics #DataArchitecture #LearninginPublic #DataEngineer #DomainArchitect