Connecture Reports on White Paper Explaining Health Insurance Marketplaces [Professional Services Close – Up]

Connecture, Inc., a provider of Web-based information systems used to create health insurance marketplaces, announced that the HIMSS' Privacy and Security Task Force has published a white paper titled "Affordable Care Act (ACA) Requirement: Health Insurance Marketplace Overview Part 1."

In a release, Connecture noted:

Jim Yocum, executive vice president of DRX a division of Connecture participated in the task force and was one of the authors.

This valuable resource offers an introduction to health insurance marketplaces and the privacy and security issues they face. Topics covered include the history of health insurance marketplaces, regulatory oversight, services provided, target audiences and the impact of the ACA on the evolution of health insurance marketplaces and their anticipated adoption rate.

"While not without numerous precedents in both the private and public sector, the ACA-mandated health insurance marketplaces uniquely combine features and regulatory structures in such a way as to spark significant changes in how health insurance coverage is accessed and paid for in the U.S.," said Jim Yocum, executive vice president of DRX. "With this white paper, we tried to explain the complexities of the health insurance marketplaces and reveal how critical it is to create a trusted environment that offers consumers a variety of resources to help with their decision process."

Connecture supplies more than half of the nation's Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans and more than 60 percent of the country's 20 largest carriers with the information systems they use to sell their products online. The company is also building the shopping and enrollment systems consumers will use in the public health insurance marketplaces in Maryland, Minnesota and Washington D.C. in accordance with the ACA. In addition, Connecture's DRX division powers the Medicare.gov PlanFinder and Online Enrollment Center.

Connecture is a provider of Web-based information systemsused to create health insurance marketplaces and exchanges.

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