Health Insurance Claims: New Era of Management

Healthcare industry in India is going through a massive changeover.Consciousness towards healthcare and increase in the income among all the classes, […]

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Prathap Reddys Apollo Group to invest `1,500 cr in Ahmedabad Apollo Hospitals Group will invest Rs 1,500 crore on increasing […]

Making the Right Moves in Healthcare

The amount of public financing and the strategies followed will affect the overall performance of the health systems, and will […]

Technology that Secures

With innovations and developments in the technology, we have smooth electronic data flow from insured to insurer Bishwajit Nayak Head of […]

Only some 1.08% Indians have medical insurance

According to a research report issued by India’s National Insurance Academy, only some 1.08 percent of the one billion Indians have secured medical insurance cover since 1986 when health insurance was first introduced in the country.

Health Insurance: Ensuring a Healthy Future

Professor Howard J. Bolnick , Former Adjunct Professor at the Kellogg School of Management is known to be an international authority […]

Health Insurance: Ensuring a Healthy Future : Professor Howard J. Bolnick, Kellogg School of Management, United States of America

Prof. Bolnick shared his perspective on the emerging health insurance environment in this country vis-a-vis the world, and discussed some of the opportunities and challenges in wake of increasing adoption of IT in healthcare industry.

Max India, BUPA to set up health insurance co in India

India’s leading healthcare services provider Max India Ltd said it has partnered with UK’s BUPA Finance Plc for setting up a health insurance company in India.

Fortis pharmacy chain to provide home nurse service

Fortis HealthWorld Ltd, the pharmacy chain of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, is launching India

INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS IN Health Insurance : Ritesh Kumar, Head Retail, Rural and Reinsurance

To achieve the country�s health care objectives, the approach has to be inclusive of the ability to reach out to the bottom of the pyramid. Rural India is exposed to fundamental financial risks and has limited access to risk management solutions.

Insurance sector to get healthier : K. C. Mishra, Director, National Insurance Academy, Pune

IRDA expects the health insurance business to be the second-largest premium earner for insurance companies after motor insurance within the next three years�

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[This article was published in the January 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

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Red Hat’s plunge into India’s healthcare sector

Red Hat Software Services, provider of Linux and open source technologies, is making its way into the Indian healthcare sector.