State Forms EDI Claims Management Integration

Claim Management Software on the Web

The concept of an Internet-based claim management software solution is very simple: an Applications Service Provider (ASP) manages the costly hardware, software, and maintenance of a software application and leases data storage within and access to these resources. This makes a quality, expensive software application available to companies who might not otherwise have the resources to afford the best.

To learn about what to look for in an applications service provider, read here. Or read below to learn about other benefits of Web-based claim processing software.

Internet Software Solutions?

An Internet software solution (Web-based software solution) combines the benefits of inter-connectivity of the Internet with the efficiency of a business's software solution. Put another way, this is making business software solutions more robust and easy-to-use by enabling people to share data without physically moving, dictating, or entering data.

In the case of Claims Management System (CMS) from QISS, the system is actually 100% available via the Web.

What is a software solution?

A software solution means using computer technology to solve a given business problem. Some advantages to using computers include the use of an organized, paperless data storage (a database), performing repetitive functions precisely and quickly, and running massive computations allowing for accurate, descriptive statistics and data analysis. Other benefits include increase in efficiency and handling and satisfying a much larger user market as in the cases of retail inventory or managing insurance claims.

What is Internet-based software?

An Internet-based solution (or web based software) takes all the power of a traditional software solution and utilizes the Internet to exchange data across any distance instantly at any time of day. Sharing data from a single database enables the same, up-to-date data to be used by each division of a given company no matter where it is physically located across the globe.

An exciting result of the way QISS implements Internet software solutions, by developing programs which reside right on the host server, allows for modifications and features added to be used just as soon as they are implemented-- there is no time-consuming shipping, upgrade, nor worry of conflicting versions or system incompatibility. For these reasons and more, web-based software solutions are a growing niche in the business world.

Considerations with On-line Claim Processing

Important considerations in adopting a new claims management system and/or abandoning your existing claim processing software include evaluating both the claim software and the hosting (ASP) company itself:

• Claims management system capabilities and features
• Claim processing system flexibility
• Claim management system availability/accessibility
• Claim system's on-line help
• Hosting company's live tech support
• Hosting company's familiarity with the claim management system
• Hosting company's familiarity with insurance claims industry

Web-accessible, Web-enabled, and Web-based software all share the quality of sending and receiving data directly with information sources and destinations using the Internet. Use the chart below as a mini-guide of further considerations when choosing a quality claim management package: