Rivals Jockey for Roles in Insurance Exchanges
Health-technology companies are hoping that the new state insurance “exchanges” required by the federal health-care overhaul will offer them big new growth opportunities.
EHealth Inc., an online insurance broker, has won two new government contracts for insurance websites, and has established a separate unit to go after a share of the exchange business. Benefitfocus Inc., which makes software designed for enrolling employees and others in health plans, says it is in talks with nearly 20 states to run their exchanges. Xerox Corp.’s ACS unit is circulating a white paper to states to make its case for integrating exchanges into Medicaid systems the company already runs.
At stake is some $4 billion a year in revenue, according to an estimate by HealthConnect Systems, a tech company that aims to compete for the new business.
