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Article: Electronic Claims Submissions up 50 Percent at AmeriHealth as Health Care Providers Embrace Technology.
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- Insurance Weekly News
- Article date:
- October 9, 2009
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Three out of every four insurance claims from health care providers are being submitted electronically to AmeriHealth New Jersey. That's an increase of 50 percent over the past three years, the insurer said.
Roughly 75 percent of all claims are now transmitted to AmeriHealth by computer as health care providers continue to move away from more expensive and time-consuming paper transactions. The insurer's goal is to have 90 percent of all provider claims submitted via computer within the next two years.
"We are working in close partnership with our providers to help them make the shift," said Judith Roman, AmeriHealth New Jersey president and CEO. ...