Accenture has built the first-of-its-kind healthcare cloud-based platform. Here is some of the key findings from the Avalon case study on helping payers reduce unnecessary lab spend while maintaining quality care.

1. Avalon: Providing
cloud-based lab reviews
at lightning speed

2. Overview

3. Accenture built a first-of-its-kind
platform on the public cloud for
Avalon Healthcare Solutions,
helping payers reduce
unnecessary lab spend
while maintaining
quality care.
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4. Client profile

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Avalon Healthcare
Solutions
• Laboratory benefit management
Company founded in 2013
• Headquartered in Tampa, Florida
• Helps health payers manage the
cost and effective use of diagnostic
lab tests
• Assesses lab charges within end-to-
end claims review process

6. 6
Project
objectives

7. Avalon sought to accelerate service
delivery using a cloud solution
Chose Accenture for:
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Deep knowledge of
the healthcare
industry
Technology skills Cloud-based
solutions
Partnership with
Amazon Web
Services (AWS)
through Accenture
AWS Business
Group (AABG)

8. Copyright © 2016 Accenture All rights reserved. 1. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) took effect in 2003.
AWS cloud has history of
secure operations, essential for
complying with health privacy
guidelines.1

9. 9
Opportunity

10. Copyright © 2016 Accenture All rights reserved. 2. G2 Intelligence 2010; Francisco Partners analysis.
In the U.S.,
8+ billion lab tests
performed annually
30+ percent
overused or unnecessary2
Initially, Accenture helped Avalon
weigh go-to-market options
Avalon chose cloud-based platform vs. high cost
of building infrastructure in-house

11. Solution

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AABG supported in
the architecture and
build of a 100-
percent cloud-based
Claims Editor as a
Service (CEaaS)
Accenture clinicians
assisted in the
development of 130+
laboratory policies
Business rules/
algorithms were
developed for
real-time claim
processing
New portals were
built for Avalon’s
customers to access
data, claims and
prior authorization

13. Copyright © 2016 Accenture All rights reserved. 2. G2 Intelligence 2010; Francisco Partners analysis.
AWS’s elasticity
supports rapid
onboarding of health
plans and claims
volume

14. Results

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Claims Editor as a Service (CEaaS)
cloud-based solution hosted on AWS
Edits up to 150,000
claims per hour
99 percent uptime and 99.5
percent accuracy
Response time per claim
averages less than a
second: 856 milliseconds

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Flexible: scales as demand
grows for Avalon’s services
Future proof: Easy to update
based on changing insurer
policies, research findings,
regulations

17. Analytics
capabilities

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Claims Editor as a
Service (CEaaS)
has built-in advanced
analytics
Avalon can mine
data for statistical
analysis based on
findings from clinical
research
Important as new lab
tests and treatments
emerge
Analytic Insights help
Avalon’s customers
save by minimizing
unnecessary lab
tests

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