Quality Assurance for Tokenized Payment and Reconciliation in Provider Payments

  • Authors

    • Appala Nooka Kumar Doodala Manager Quality Assurance at Cognizant, USA. Author

    DOI:

    https://doi.org/10.67228/30715636/WCMEAI-2025P103

    Published 03-22-2025

  • Tokenized Payments, Provider Payments, Healthcare Finance, Payment Reconciliation, Quality Assurance, Automation, Security, Compliance, Healthcare IT, Financial Interoperability

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    How to Cite

    [1]
    A. N. K. Doodala, “Quality Assurance for Tokenized Payment and Reconciliation in Provider Payments”, IJETMR, pp. 31–47, Mar. 2025, doi: 10.67228/30715636/WCMEAI-2025P103.
  • Abstract

    A major shift to digital transactions in business has made these transactions very crucial as they require accurate, compliant, and fast reconciliation. The healthcare provider payment systems have witnessed the rise of tokenized payments as less risky and more efficient methods. The problem of payment fragmentation as a result of the division of payment channels, reliance on outdated processes, and strict regulatory requirements, can, however, cause problems of traceability and increase of administrative costs. To address these problems, the present article proposes a quality assurance (QA) framework. The implemented system embraces such measures as standardized tokenization, automated reconciliation operations, and layered validation methods to raise correctness and transparency in the entire payment lifetime. The simulation of this strategy in a multi-provider environment is found to yield many positive effects, such as speeding up the reconciliation process, reducing the amount of manual intervention, improving data security achieved by the elimination of sensitive identifiers, and enhancing audit readiness. These upgrades have been substantiated through a case study. The outcomes show that the execution of a tokenization-driven QA model can be instrumental in integrity enhancement of provider payments and operational efficiency. Besides, the results serve as an important signal for the healthcare payment systems that are scalable, interoperable, and future-ready.

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