IRDAI circular IRDAI/HLT/CIR/MISC/124/06/2023 · 08 Jun 2023
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Circular on Testing and adoption of Health Claims Exchange (HCX) Specifications and e-claim standards
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Check the official recordThe Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has advised all insurers and Third Party Administrators (TPAs) to test and adopt the National Health Claims Exchange (NHCX) specifications and data profiles. This initiative aims to address inefficiencies in the current manual and non-digital health insurance claims settlement process by enabling seamless interoperability through standardized protocols. Insurers and TPAs are required to onboard themselves to the NHCX platform and facilitate the onboarding of their network healthcare providers as soon as possible. The NHCX, integrated with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission building blocks, will serve as a gateway for exchanging claims-related information using Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standards.
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भारतीय बीमा विनियामक और विकास प्राधिकरण ५ DLs AMA INSURANCE REGULATORY AND aera ind DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF INDIA ANT Sry ONE EARTH « ONE FAMILY » ONE FUTURE संदर्भ सं.: आईआरडीएआई/।एचएलटी/सीआईआर।विविध/1 24/06/2023 8 जून, 2023 Ref No: IRDAI/HLT/CIR/MISC/124/06/2023 8'h June, 2023 सभी बीमाकर्ता (ईसीजीसी और एआईसी को छोड़कर) तथा टीपीए All Insurers (except ECGC, AIC) and TPAs विषय: स्वास्थ्य दावा विनिमय (एचसीएक्स) विशिष्टियों और ई-दावा मानकों का परीक्षण और Re: Testing and adoption of Health Claims Exchange (HCX) Specifications and e-claim standards
The current health insurance claims settlement process in the country is mostly manual, non-digital and as such there is no proper data flow/administration in the system resulting in delays in claim processing. Further, the current claims processing lacks standardization across the ecosystem with processes varying Significantly amongst Insurers, TPAs, and Health Care Providers. This not only leads to delays but also results in high processing costs.
With an objective to address the above challenges and streamline the process of claims settlement, it would be beneficial to the insurance sector if insurers and providers get on-boarded to the National Health Claims Exchange (NHCX). This will enable seamless interoperability of health claims processing. The NHCX, along with other building blocks of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABD\Y), will serve aS a gateway for exchanging claims-related information among Stakeholders present in the health care and health insurance eco-system including ‘Insurers, TPAs, claimants, beneficiaries, health care and wellness providers etc.
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NHCX system is designed to be interoperable and machine-readable, apart from being auditable and verifiable and would help ensure that the information being exchanged is accurate and trustworthy. NHCX will act as a gateway (with validation and routing capabilities) for the ecosystem wherein the Insurers/ TPAs would send responses for each Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources Standard (FHIR) based on the e-claim submitted by providers via the NHCX through standard protocols (APIs). FHIR standards define how healthcare information can be exchanged between different computer systems regardless of how it is stored in those systems.
उपर्युक्त पृष्ठभूमि में, सभी बीमाकर्ताओं और टीपीए को इसके द्वारा सूचित किया जाता है कि वे ई-दावा मानकों के भाग के रूप में राष्ट्रीय स्वास्थ्य दावा विनिमय (एनएचसीएक्स) की विशिष्टियों और उसके डेटा प्रोफाइलों का परीक्षण और अंगीकरण करें। एनएचसीएक्स विशिष्टियों की परिकल्पना खुले प्रोटोकाल पर आधारित खुले नेटवर्क को समर्थ बनाने के लिए की गई है जिसे स्वास्थ्य दावा डेटा विनिमय में अंतर-परिचालनीयता निर्मित करने के उद्देश्य के साथ राष्ट्रीय स्वास्थ्य प्राधिकरण द्वारा पहले ही अंगीकृत किया जा चुका है।