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Overview

Health insurance has become the fastest growing segment in the non-life insurance industry in India in recent years, and has grown 60 per cent during 2007-08 with a premium of over Rs.5100 crore. It is also emerging as an increasingly significant line of business for life insurance companies, and many prominent life insurance companies now have health insurance products, the conspicuous ones among these having been launched in the last 6 months itself. During the last six years, the premium from health insurance products has grown from Rs. 675 crore in 2001-02 to Rs.5100 crore in 2007-08. When compared with 2005-06, the health insurance premium has grown by 130 per cent in 2007-08 from a level of about Rs.2200 crore in 2005-06.

Increasing awareness of health insurance, rising healthcare costs, and also, the recent detariffing of the general insurance industry (which has increased emphasis and efforts by insurance companies towards health insurance and other personal lines of business) have become key drivers for Health Insurance in the last few years.

Course Objectives

The course is designed to prepare students for a career in health insurance sector and enhance capabilities and effectiveness of working professionals already in this field.
The main objectives of the programme are:

  • To provide students with an overview and current status of health insurance systems in India
  • To assist the students in a study of various health insurance products available
  • To introduce the concept of Managed Care
  • To introduce underwriting and claims management in health insurance
  • To discuss the role of IRDA and TPAs in health insurance
  • To discuss the role of e-commerce in health insurance
  • To discuss the innovative marketing strategies for marketing of health insurance products

Career Prospects

This Course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the basic types of Health insurance programs available in today's Healthcare system. This course will prepare students for a career in the continuously growing field of Healthcare insurance of several Indian and Multinational insurance companies. The increasing number of players in this sector has resulted in new products, better packaging, improved customer service and most importantly, greater employment opportunities, even for graduates.

Career Curriculum

Module 1

  • Developments in Health Insurance
  • Health Insurance Management
  • Insurance and Marketing
  • Managed Care Organizations
  • Information Technology in Healthcare

Module 2

  • Role of TPAs in Health Insurance
  • IRDA Regulations in Insurance
  • Legal Issues and Requirements
  • Customer Relationship Management in Insurance
  • Health Insurance Frauds

Course Details

Eligibility

  • Bachelors Degree in any discipline (including Graduates of Medicine in Allopathy, Dental, Ayurveda, Unani, Homeopathy, Physiotherapy, Nursing and Paramedica

Duration

  • 6 months online and correspondence study

Course Fee

  • Rs.15, 000 payable onetime in favor of “Medvarsity Online Limited” payable at Hyderabad

Course delivery and Certification

The course material is available both offline and online. An ID and password will be provided to access the course content and online assessments. The course is divided into two modules each having an internal assessment test. The registrants shall complete both the internal assessment tests online. The final exam will be held after successful completion of internal assessments and will be online. Certification will be by AHERF and Medvarsity.

About Medvarsity Online Ltd

Medvarsity, India's first virtual medical educational portal was established in April 2000. Medvarsity in association with Apollo Hospitals conducts online courses for medical &
paramedical community. Medvarsity offers its courses in collaboration with reputed bodies like Royal College of General Practitioners and Apollo Hospitals Educational and
Research Foundation, IRDA etc.

About AHERF

Apollo Hospital Educational and Research Foundation conducts other educational and training programs including Nursing, Physiotherapy, Emergency Medicine, Surgery,
Anesthesiology and PG Diploma in Hospital Administration. The student will be considered as passed only if he/she secures at least 50% each in the internal assessment test and the final test

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