Mitchell International, Inc., a provider of information,workflow, and performance management solutions to theproperty/casualty claims and collision repair industries, has urgedthe workers' compensation insurance payer community to prepare foran all-electronic American healthcare future. Mitchell suggestsadopting the SmartAdvisor SmartBill solution to help comply withthe California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) recentlyissued electronic billing standards.

SmartBill helps payers comply with emerging electronic billprocessing requirements by putting into place a customized paymentand compliance solution that provides speed, accuracy, and lowerper-bill costs of electronic transactions. In addition toCalifornia, the SmartBill solution helps payers to comply withelectronic billing standards in Minnesota and Texas.

The SmartBill electronic payment platform is an automatede-billing solution that includes attachment of receipts and paymentprocessing services. SmartBill allows provider bills to be reviewedand processed electronically; payers can return ERAs to medicalproviders in the required ANSI 835 format. The solution is visibleand trackable and offers speedier claims resolution and betterfraud protection than paper-based alternatives.

"Historical changes under way today in the American healthcaremarketplace will make the electronic exchange of medical billtransactions between healthcare providers and workers' compensationpayers seem prescient and prudent in hindsight," says Nina Smith,senior vice president and general manager of the MitchellInternational SmartAdvisor Solutions Division.