Early Access
Disruption Analysis
We’re proud to announce that Disruption Analysis is now available in Early Access. Now you can easily see how provider coverage will change when switching carriers as well as the percent overlap in provider market share between plans.
We're actively refining this Disruption Analysis feature based on early usage. As we work to make the full release as useful as possible, we need your feedback. Please reach out directly to your Handl Health Customer Success Manager with questions or suggestions. You can also submit feedback via the help icon.
Coming Soon
We continue to work on bringing in Aetna plan data for CA, CO, AZ, OR, NV, NM, and ND. Customers with access will be notified once this information is available.
New Features
Provider Weighted Reports (Network Evaluation & Disruption Analysis)
You can now upload a file of your client's providers with custom utilization weights.
Network Evaluation accepts uploads by NPI or TIN, and Disruption Analysis accepts NPI. Iris will use these weights to generate Network Evaluation and Disruption Analysis reports tailored to your client's actual provider usage, not market-level benchmarks. This includes full support across all three Network Evaluation charts, and you can include provider names for easy identification.
Note: If you'd like to enable Provider Weighted Reports for your team, please contact your Handl Health Customer Success Manager.
Multi-MSA Support in Care Steerage
In Care Steerage reports, you can now select multiple MSAs, with zip code–based geographic filtering for more precise member population modeling. This matches the multi-MSA experience already available in Network Evaluation and Disruption Analysis.
Rate Lookup: Network Month Display
Rate Lookup results now display the network data month when filtering by network, so you always know which data version you're working with when comparing rates.
Rate Lookup: MSA-Based Plan Network Filtering
When you select MSAs in Rate Lookup, the available plan networks now automatically filter to only those plans with data in your selected regions, ensuring you’re always seeing relevant networks. This fine tuning ensures faster, cleaner and more accurate comparisons.
Improvements
Care steerage
Reset to Recommended Providers: You can now reset any individual clinical category back to Iris's recommended provider selection after making manual changes.
What's Coming Up for Care Steerage
We have received a lot of feedback about the Care Steerage report and the challenges you face when researching and building strategies with your customers. So we’re revamping the report. Stay tuned!
Network Evaluation
Regional Imputation Added to Top Hospital Chart: The Top Hospitals chart now uses regional imputed rates when certain billing codes lack sufficient provider data, improving data completeness and comparability.
Top Hospital Chart Now Supports MSA Filters: In the Average Contracted Rates by Top Hospitals chart, you can now focus your reporting on only the top providers for a focused MSA, leading to more streamlined results.
Rate Lookup
Multi-MSA Search: You can now select multiple MSAs in a single Rate Lookup search, making it easier to compare rates across broader geographies in one view.
Type-to-Jump in Plan Selection: You can now type to quickly jump to a specific plan in the single-select plan dropdown, saving time when working with long plan lists.
General Platform
Help Icon on All Pages: A support help icon is now visible on every page in Iris, in the header next to your user settings, making it simple to submit inquiries from anywhere in the app.
Password Required for Report Sharing: When sharing a report via link, you are now required to set a password before copying the share link, ensuring shared reports are always protected.
Data Updates
• Q4 2025 Medicare Rates: The latest Q4 2025 Medicare fee schedule rates are now reflected across all report types.
• BCBS State and Regional Plans: New BCBS plans have been ingested and are available for Rate Lookup and Network Evaluation.
That’s all for now!
As always, we’re continuing to invest in making Iris more powerful, intuitive, and actionable—so you can move faster and make more confident decisions.
If you have any questions or would like to see a demo of new features, please reach out below.