Big Data & The New ‘Audits’ For Billing Fraud

“Big data” is all around us. It powers the mass customization that allows Amazon to recommend new books for you. It is why Siri can talk to you on your phone. It provides the engine for the targeting of ads on Facebook. And, in health and human services, it is the fuel of decision support tools and population health management software (see Taking Decision Support From Concept To Practice and ‘Must Have’ Technologies For Cutting Edge Population Management).

But the use of big data doesn’t end there. I was fascinated with one new application of big data – provider billing . . .