In the two years since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s passage the health care industry has seen a flurry of activity. And much of this activity has been around technology innovation related to health insurance exchanges, but there are other technologies in the works as well. Here is a retrospective on the last two years of technology innovation, which also serves as a good indicator of where technology will likely be going in HIT as it may relate to PPACA.
Health insurance exchanges (HIX). Private, public, proprietary. Federal, regional, state. Individual, family, small group, large group. There is no shortage of ideas or approaches. Even if PPACA dissolves, the concept of health insurance exchanges will continue to evolve and may well transform our industry.
