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Auto Insurance Executives Attending Influential Annual Forum Urged To Implement Electronic Bill / Payment Solutions Before Minnesota's 2009

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SAN DIEGO and CONCORD, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- More than one hundred auto insurance executives and managers, representing several of the top automotive P&C companies attending Mitchell Medical's 2008 Industry Conference held March 17-19 in Monterey, CA were told that auto medical claims are on the brink of major change, beginning July 15, 2009 in Minnesota. After that date, all health care transactions processed in Minnesota must be 100 percent paperless. Group purchasers -- for the first time including auto insurance carriers -- will be required to process medical bills, payments and remittance advice using a standard electronic format.

This landmark legislation affecting the auto insurance industry was enacted as a new section to the Minnesota Health Care Administrative Simplification Act, MN Statutes, section 62J.536, entitled "Uniform Electronic Transactions and Implementation Guide Standards." It was signed into law in May 2007.

A panel of Medical Bill Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) experts participating in Minnesota's transaction standards development process addressed the impact of the new law on auto insurers operations in that state. Panelists included Shelagh Kalland, Director of Provider Relations for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota; Debbie Meisner, Vice President Compliance, Payer Services, Emdeon Business Services; and Don St. Jacques, SVP and COO of Jopari Solutions. Jopari supplies the eBill processing component of Mitchell Medical's industry leading Product Suite.

Tom McCarthy, Executive Vice President of Mitchell and Founder of Mitchell Medical, and Chair of this year's conference, convened the panel to preview Minnesota's administrative cost reduction objectives and the importance of compliance solutions to avoi
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