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ernment-run health centers, clinics firms like yours for outsourced contract management and database
and hospitals that provide direct services could expand their maintenance, enrollment and busi-
care with private and government- management of self-insured ness rules configuration.
owned inpatient insurance. And benefits programs to India?
so-called corporate or privately A. Well, not overnight. Foreign com- Q. Thanks, Brij. Now, about
owned hospitals are emerging for panies enter partnerships with that Baltimore-Hong Kong
people who want ready access to Indian companies as current regu- comparison…
the highest quality care. Individual lations limit them to owning 26 A. Hong Kong has Victoria Peak;
and group health insurance is use- percent of an insurance venture. we’ve got Federal Hill, right?
ful in that environment. There is movement by the govern-
ment to increase the foreign share Q. OK, you’ve got me there.
Q. Are there any barriers to self- to 49 percent. U.S. companies
insurance? that can take long strategic views Dick Goff is
A. There are no laws against self- about the Indian market should be managing
insurance and in fact fund-man- rewarded. member of
agement has been in existence for The Taft
some time although not very suc- Q. As Jay Leno would say, you have Companies
cessfully due to lack of infrastruc- earned your plug. What should LLC, a cap-
ture and poor management. The we know about Tela-USA? tive insurance
Insurance Regulatory and A. Tela is among the Indian compa- management
Development Authority (IRDA) is nies employing a high quality, com- firm and
the regulator. The National mitted and skilled labor force to Bermuda bro-
Insurance Academy provides many provide services such as front-end ker at
educational services as a corollary paper to EDI conversions, PPO dick@taft-
to U.S.-style trade associations. routing and claims adjudication to cos.com. This
TPAs with processing savings of 30 month’s Q&A guest Brij Sharma is
Q. Does this mean that companies to 50 percent. We have added high- reachable at bsharma@tela-usa.com.
in the U.S. that now employ er value functions like provider
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