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How to Get Ready for HIPAA

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

From the moment of his 1999 signature approving two-thirds of the proposed HIPAA regulations, President Clinton tossed the healthcare industry a hot potato. So now the industry is forced to start changing the way it was doing business.

Healthcare’s Biggest Challenge

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Behind closed doors, discussions about the biggest challenge for both providers and payers in the healthcare industry are not about HIPAA compliance. It's about how to be profitable. Given the numerous industry problems besetting companies, revenue has been drastically cut,

Like a Fifth Wheel

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Striving to be competitive involves tremendous risks. The timing must be right, and the resources must be available. It's costly, and the return on investment might be low. In fact, the entire effort might fail. And someone will be held

Birthing a BPO: The VC Route

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Web-enabled applications have made the BPO offering irresistible. Outsourcing typical BPO functions like finance and accounting or human resources continues to gain popularity because outsourcing helps companies reduce their risk. The outsourcing vendor is an expert in the field, so

Flooded with Possibilities

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

No doubt, you've seen the ads with the cupped hands ready to cradle your life. With the accompanying slogan, You're in good hands with Allstate, one would naturally assume that customer satisfaction is a high priority with this insurance company.

Curing Health Plan Ills

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Health plans can get very, very sick if they continually hear the check's in the mail. Too many experience financial difficulties because they don't receive timely payments from employers and members. Outsourcing their back office processes is one way they

Underwriting a Successful Result

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Before homebuyers can complete the transaction to purchase a home, they must demonstrate they have also arranged for homeowners insurance. Up until now, the process for obtaining that coverage was almost as arduous as finding the house in the first

Extending the Reach of Outsourcing

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

As the outsourcing industry heads into 1999, Richard Raysman, an attorney with the New York firm of Brown Raysman Millstein Felder and Steiner LLP, expects to see not only larger transactions, but an expansion of the services being outsourced.

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