Sep
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The Philippines and Global Healthcare Outsourcing
September 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment
In the United States, healthcare reforms such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA) and allied reforms such as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) are transforming the business climate for healthcare and insurance providers.
These reforms are projected to add at least 30 million members to the US healthcare insured population, the healthcare providers will need to modify the way they operate to maintain acceptable profitability in order to meet the required mandatory implementation of electronic health records and changes to existing medical coding standards.
The Philippines responds to this demand for more innovative healthcare information management services.
Oct
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Philippine BPO aims for healthcare info management
October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Philippines sets new heights in the global Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) arena—the healthcare information management (HIM) sector.
The country prepares to be a leading destination for various outsourcing in health information management for many leading markets, including Canada, Europe and the United States.
Current health reforms and EMR implementation in many countries create career opportunities for local nurses and medical professionals as more functions are outsourced in the revenue cycle management involving specialized skills in healthcare, both on the provider and payer sides.
Just recently, the Healthcare Information Management Outsourcing Services Congress 2011 (HIMOSC 2011) was held, bringing together BPO companies, providers, payers, regulators, academe, associations and professionals to discuss the Philippines’ capability and how to best promote the Philippines as the outsourcing destination of choice for healthcare information management services.
With the theme, “Driving Sustainable and Dynamic Business Growth in the Philippines through Education and Innovation”—the conference tackled the opportunities and challenges to better position the Philippines to receive a significant market share in global HIM.
The Philippines has gained good strides in international visibility during the 83rd AHIMA Conference and Exhibit on October 1 to 6, 2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah, where the Philippine capability in HIM outsourced services— such as medical transcription, coding and billing, pharmacy benefits management, electronic medical records (EMR) solution, medical research, etc –was showcased.