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    Dear Biomch-L readers,

    The item below might be of interest to those of us who feel that
    electronic communication is on the move...

    hjw
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    Received: Thu, 22 Oct 92 01:54 MET
    Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1992 11:18:47 EDT
    From:
    Subject: Insurance Networks
    Sender: Hospital Computer Network Discussion Group and Data Base


    >From "Connections"2(2) Oct 1992, (Working Group on Hospital/Medical
    Information Systems).

    Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (BCBSM) and Medica are
    linking electronic claims submission networks as part of a 6-month
    demonstration project in cooperation with the Workgroup for Electronic
    Data Interchange (WEDI). The resulting single network will be used
    by both physicians and hospitals in Minnesota for submitting claims
    to BCBSM, Medica or commercial insurers.

    According to WEDI, each electronic claim submission saves between
    50 c. and $1.24. Its Minnesota project is intended to get more doctors
    and hospitals to submit claims electronically, to increase the number
    of electronic claims by 10% and to extend the capabilities of electronic
    technologies to commercial insurers.

    Medica is a managed care plan with about 540,000 members. BCBSM
    covers about 1.7 million people. Both will offer electronic claims
    submission software to providers (who may also use their existing
    systems).

    For more information: Maureen Ward, Manager, Twin Cities Demonstr-
    ation Project, WEDI Chicago Office, (708)250-3240.

    Two other projects are going on this fall: a similar one in Virginia,
    and a single employer demonstration being conducted by AT&T.

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