Where to start before a renewal

A notice window can close before the negotiation starts.

Securely load your payer contracts. Medlyze reads the fee schedules, terms and renewal dates, shows every notice deadline, and sets each rate beside the rate of record.

Send one contract. You see its renewal date, its notice deadline and its rates beside the market, within 24 hours.

Use it to decide which contract to open first, know every notice deadline, judge a payer’s proposal, or brief finance and leadership.

The risk of deciding without it
DecisionDecided on assumptionDecided on the rate of record
When to startThe negotiation begins when the payer calls.It begins when your own notice deadline says to.
Which contract firstEvery contract gets the same effort.Effort goes to the contract with the widest gap.
A payer’s proposalIt is judged on feel.Each proposed rate is seen against the market, code by code.
Briefing leadershipFinance and contracting hold different numbers.One comparison, each rate with its source.
Contract view · Sample contract (illustrative)
Effective1/1/2025confirmed
Renews12/31/2026confirmed
Notice90 daysneeds review
BasisCase rateconfirmed
CodeYour contractPayer medianHospital median
DRG 194$21,500$24,254$13,757
Illustrative: a sample contract written by Medlyze. The payer and hospital columns are real published New York rates. For your contract, they come from the files for your payers and state.

Compare any two contracts, rate by rate.

Fee schedules, terms and renewal dates side by side, with the best rate on each code marked.

Sample Payer 1 pays more on 1 of 3 codes, Sample Payer 2 on 2. On average A is −6.0% against B.
Term or codeSample Payer 1Sample Payer 2Difference (A vs B)Payer medianHospital median
Effective1/1/20257/1/2024
Renews3/31/2027 · renews first6/30/2027
Notice period90 days120 days
Notice due by12/31/20263/2/2027
Fee schedule basisFixed fee scheduleFixed fee schedule
DRG 330 Major small and large bowel procedures with CC$78,000$91,000−$13,000 (−14.3%)$84,637$38,767
DRG 194 Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with CC$21,500$19,800+$1,700 (+8.6%)$24,254$13,757
DRG 291 Heart failure and shock with MCC$36,000$41,000−$5,000 (−12.2%)$38,794$19,440

Illustrative: three sample contracts written by Medlyze. The payer and hospital columns are real: the median of the rates New York payers and hospitals have published for each MS-DRG. In delivery the contracts are yours, loaded with you, every field confirmed before anything is compared, and those columns are the latest rates payers and hospitals have published for your payers and state, each with its source.

Fields we read

Effective date, renewal date, notice period, fee-schedule basis, code-level rates.

What you check

Every field, before anything is compared.

What stays yours

Your contracts are used for your comparison, with you.

Not covered

Commercial payer and hospital rates, with Medicare and Medicaid fee-for-service rates. Not Medicare Advantage or managed Medicaid plan rates. Coverage and gaps →

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