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Insurance Industry Billing
Benchmarking Forum™ (IIBBF™) targets
specific information about the effectiveness of management processes
in insurance industry billing. The association is currently a free
organization with fees assessed only when companies want to join
specific research efforts. Membership is limited to individuals employed
as regular employees of companies that provide insurance to third
parties.
Mission
To identify "Best
in Class" business processes, which, when implemented, will
lead member companies to exceptional performance.
Objectives
- To conduct benchmarking
studies of important business processes.
- To create a cooperative
environment where full understanding of the performance and
enablers of "best in class" business processes can
be obtained and shared at reasonable cost.
- To use the efficiency
of the consortium to obtain process performance data and related
best practices information from companies within and outside the
insurance industry.
- To support the use of
benchmarking to facilitate process improvement and the achievement
of total quality.
Membership
The scope of Insurance
Industry Billing Benchmarking Forum™ membership includes
those organizations that require a more detailed understanding
of insurance industry billing best practices.
Company membership will
be considered with respect to compliance with Insurance Industry
Billing Benchmarking Forum™ mission, goals and operating guidelines,
as well as qualification of the organization within the scope of
membership.
Participation in specific
efforts will be optional and open only to members with costs shared
by the participants.
Companies in the consulting
industry and others likely to resell the data are not considered
for membership.
Benefits of
Membership
Studies:
Insurance
Industry Billing Benchmarking Forum™ will identify and present
to members opportunities to participate in Benchmarking studies
on various topics addressing issues of importance to the insurance
industry.
There are two types of Benchmarking studies provided:
- Consortium studies are
offered to the membership as a whole with costs divided.
- Single company sponsored
studies addressing the interest of one member company can be offered
to other selected members for no fee.
The association will also support insurance industry biiling benchmarking efforts:
- Research - Access public
and private databases.
- Identify study participants
- Top companies in a variety of industries.
- Collect data - Manage
response collection with the participants as a third party.
- Lead site visits - Structured
with best participants.
Interest group roundtables
can be organized throughout the year. Members will pay a nominal
fee to join real and virtual roundtable discussions that address
specific processes.
Cost:
Currently, membership
in Insurance Industry Billing Benchmarking Forum™ is FREE!
Costs of studies are shared by the participants.
To become a member of IIBBF™, click below.
On-Line
application
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Current Benchmarking Initiatives
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To
find out more
information:
Call (281) 440-5044
or
click here for email
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