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Understanding the final ruling on Medical Loss Ratio

On December 2, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released its final ruling on the Medical Loss Ratio. What does the Medical Loss Ratio final ruling say? Effective January 1, 2012, the Affordable Care Act will require health ins... Read >

Private Health Exchanges – A little something for everyone

With the signing of PPACA into a law, things have been moving at a fast pace in the healthcare industry. The ‘individual mandate’ clause of the Affordable Care Act has further galvanized everyone into action. While health care corporates and insurance pro... Read >

Private Health Exchanges – A little something for everyone

With the signing of PPACA into a law, things have been moving at a fast pace in the healthcare industry. The ‘individual mandate’ clause of the Affordable Care Act has further galvanized everyone into action. While health care corporates and insurance pro... Read >

Healthcare IT: An Emerging Sector

The importance of healthcare IT companies have grown manifold after the new healthcare Act emphasized on the importance of technology in healthcare and made mandatory the use of certain software and technology in the health sector. However healthcare ... Read >

The Importance of Electronic Health Records

The advent of healthcare IT in the health industry has ensured that prior health technologies such as paper records are outdated. The health reforms have added to the importance of healthcare software. Technology in the healthcare sector has contributed ... Read >

Benefits and Drawbacks of Electronic Health Record

Electronic Health Record or EHR as they are more popularly known have emerged as the most needed and the most basic healthcare software. EHR have proved to be the backbone of the health insurance exchange and health information exchange. The medical infor... Read >

Basic Aspects of Health Insurance Exchange

Health insurance Exchange is one of the major aspects of The Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act. These Exchanges are however not just an online platform for insurance plan transactions nor a mere listing of the health insurance companies opera... Read >

EMR is the building block for healthcare softwares

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act encourages the optimum use of technology in providing healthcare to the residents. A well maintained database of health records is the first step in integrating technology in the healthcare and health insuran... Read >

A Framework of Health Insurance Exchange

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will soon make it mandatory for all states to have a state-based health insurance Exchange. These Exchanges will be federally funded and will serve as a regulated shopping arena where health insurance plans a... Read >

Guide to Different Kinds of Healthcare Softwares

The importance of healthcare software has increased manifold after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has come into enforcement. Different healthcare softwares are being developed day after day to facilitate the changes that the healthcare ref... Read >

The Role of States in Health Insurance Exchanges

Florida was the first state. Others followed. And now almost every state has filed a lawsuit against the federal health reforms. While the law is still being debated in the courts, the federal government has made it clear that it is the state that will ... Read >

‘Shall’ the States Set up Health Insurance Exchanges?

Wording a law can prove to be even trickier than formulating one. If the lawmakers are not careful about each and every word being written and leave room for interpretations, then they could find themselves in the same soup that the federal government ha... Read >

Hurdles that the State Health Insurance Exchanges could face

It is anticipated that the state health insurance Exchanges will forever change the way Americans look at their health policies. But to say that the Exchanges have everything right going for them would be far-fetched statement. The Exchanges are sure to ... Read >

Developing Healthcare IT for Better Insurance Regulations

The United States has one of the costliest healthcare systems in the world. The government has predicted that the annual federal spending on healthcare will be around $4.4 trillion by 2018, or about $13,000 on every resident of the country. The federa... Read >

Healthcare Software: Can Small Healthcare Facilities Afford it?

Health Information Exchange is all set to revolutionize healthcare in the country. Electronic medical records is a big step for healthcare IT that will soon make maintaining records hassle free but will also make paper accounts obsolete. Doctors will b... Read >