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How it works

From source to signal.

28 active sources, each with a configured scan schedule. Articles are matched against MA-specific keywords and organized for review using entity, geography, and regulatory context.

Explore the five stages of Radar

Select a stage to explore the process.

01

Ingest

The pipeline monitors 28 active sources on their configured schedules using RSS feeds, web scrapers, and API integrations.

Every article is deduplicated at ingest using a content hash. The same press release syndicated across 12 outlets enters once. Articles are stored with full raw text, publication metadata, and source provenance for traceability.

Source authority tiers

25–30 pts
Tier 1Official government — CMS.gov, Federal Register, state DOI
18–24 pts
Tier 2Major trade press & SEC — Modern Healthcare, Fierce Healthcare, EDGAR
12–17 pts
Tier 3Industry outlets — Becker's, Healthcare Dive, KFF
8–11 pts
Tier 4Press releases — provider and payor newsrooms
5–7 pts
Tier 5Blogs, aggregators — lowest authority weight
02

Extract

Keyword taxonomy

Every article passes through a 1,000+ keyword taxonomy organized into MA-specific categories. Keywords are classified as “primary” or “modifier”. The word “network” alone is noise; “network termination” is signal. Porter stemming normalizes forms so “terminating,” “terminated,” and “termination” all match.

Entity recognition

Simultaneously, articles are scanned against 5067 known entities using fuzzy matching with alias support. UnitedHealthcare, UHC, United Health Group, and Optum all resolve to the same parent. Headline mentions score higher than body mentions. Entity-signal relationships are stored for routing.

03

Score

The scoring engine produces a relevance score from 0 to 100. Entity match is weighted heaviest (40 points) because in MA, who is involved matters more than what happened. A network provider event at your largest competitor in your top market scores higher than regulatory guidance outside your footprint.

Source tier (government filings boost score), keyword density, geographic overlap with your service area, regulatory calendar alignment (CMS deadlines amplify score), and market relevance all contribute. Signals scoring 81+ become P0 alerts — prioritized in the dashboard so your team can assess impact and respond. Subscriber email delivery is in preparation.

04

Route

Scored signals can be reviewed through entity and geography filters. Your watchlist provides organization and competitor context. Subscriber routing must be verified against saved delivery preferences before email is enabled.

Priority tiers organize the dashboard feed for review. Subscriber email delivery is in preparation; delivery timing and recipient preferences still require verification.

05

Brief

The final stage generates summaries and impact assessments. Each signal category has a dedicated prompt template: regulatory compliance emphasizes deadlines and affected entities; network provider focuses on geographic impact and estimated lives. The goal is a summary your team can act on without reading the full source article.

The morning brief assembles overnight signals into a prioritized, grouped view structured for fast executive scanning. One click drills into the source article. Another opens the full signal detail with entity context, geographic tags, and related signals.

See the pipeline in action

The pipeline has processed 133,279 signals so far. Request a walkthrough and see what it found today.