Article by Tia Goss Sawhney, Alam Singh, and Richard Moyer

Abstract:
This article explores the way that health insurers and managed care companies globally are using IT and helps the reader understand some of the possibilities for predictive analysis in the near future in India.

Background:
There are many possible benefits from the use of information technology in Indian health insurance and managed care. Standard driven and interconnected IT systems can enable all stakeholders to interface with each other seamlessly. Providers can use it to better communicate the treatment and conditions of their patients; the insurance companies can do more precise underwriting; and TPAs canprocess more claims with less errors.

Published by:
This article was published in the April 2006 edition of the Indian Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Journal:

http://www.irdaonline.org/irdacontent/journals/irda_apr06.pdf