It’s unlikely this is as interesting as the headline suggests. Maintaining a list of professionals is challenging. There are very simple input problems with th

It’s unlikely this is as interesting as the headline suggests. Maintaining a list of professionals is challenging. There are very simple input problems with this kind of data. The professional, in this case a therapist, but it really doesn’t matter what they do, just isn’t going to keep their portal updated on the insurance network aggregator. The insurance companies can’t make the anyone update their listing, and the professionals don’t have incentives. They’re full up on work so there’s no real need for them to do anything to get clients. This is a bog-standard supply and demand problem.