Connectors and The Need For Open XML Standards
Today, we argue that the health insurance industry needs an open XML standards based effort around the purchase of health insurance. Such an open standard would, at minimum encompass the following:
• A solicitation for health insurance.
• A description of available plans for a given population.
• A health insurance application.
• An offer of acceptance for a health insurance application.
• An invoice for health insurance premiums.
• A notice of rescission or termination.
What would open standards accomplish?
An open standard would allow employers to submit census information from HR based systems in a standard format. An open standard would allow vendors of financial management programs to integrate into health insurance quoting systems and service their customers. An open standard would further the cause of interoperability in general – which is a key lynch-pin for how we gain efficiencies in the delivery of healthcare.
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Posted on Thursday, June 11th, 2009 at 1:35 pm. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments. You can comment below. Your comments will appear immediately, but the author reserves the right to delete innapropriate comments.
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 12:40 am
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