Implement EMRs for smooth claims: IRDAI
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Chennai: The absence of digitised records in a majority of the hospitals in India is reported to have resulted in claims getting delayed more often than not. Those that do have electronic medical records (EMR), have no uniformity of coding, running claim settlements into difficulties again.
To tackle this, the Ministry of Health and the Insurance Regulator Development Authority of India (IRDAI) have been promoting the use of ICD-10, an international system for medical coding.
The proposal, however, has yet to take off. Further adding to the issue is that, though having been made mandatory by the Indian Medical Council for Research, only a few corporate units have taken it on, reports TOI.
"The problem in India is we have a regulator for insurance and not for health. If hospitals across India implement ICD-10, the claims settlement process will be faster, cutting the turnaround time to half," said an IRDAI official. ICD-10, which allows for more than 14,000 codes for diseases, symptoms, abnormal findings and injury.
To tackle this, the Ministry of Health and the Insurance Regulator Development Authority of India (IRDAI) have been promoting the use of ICD-10, an international system for medical coding.
The proposal, however, has yet to take off. Further adding to the issue is that, though having been made mandatory by the Indian Medical Council for Research, only a few corporate units have taken it on, reports TOI.
"The problem in India is we have a regulator for insurance and not for health. If hospitals across India implement ICD-10, the claims settlement process will be faster, cutting the turnaround time to half," said an IRDAI official. ICD-10, which allows for more than 14,000 codes for diseases, symptoms, abnormal findings and injury.
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