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 Insurance Claim Handling

 

Technical Data

Technical Name of Business Function

INS_FSCM_CI_1

Type of Business Function

Industry Business Function

Available As Of

SAP ERP 6.0 Enhancement Package 3

Technical Usage

Insurance

Application Component

FS-CM

Directly Dependent Business Function Requiring Activation in Addition

Not relevant

With this Business Function you can use new enterprise services. You can use these enterprise services to integrate external document management systems, to perform external claim investigation (for fraud detection, for example), or to process regulatory reports. For claims in the line of Workers Compensation, the process of postprocessing first reports of injury (FROI) has been realized in an enterprise service.

This Business Function also provides the new portal roles Claim Handler and Claim Center Agent.

In addition, the Business Functions contains other functions in claims processing, such as performer assignment on the basis of your organizational structure, printing entire claim files in one step, or analyzing financial data on a claim with the aid of the enhanced financial overview.

Prerequisites

You have installed the following components as of the version mentioned:

Type of Component

Component

Is Needed Only for the Following Features

Software Component

INSURANCE 603

Portal Content

Business Package ERP CLAIM HANDLER 1.30

Portal Content

Business Package ERP CLAIM CENTER AGENT 1.30

SAP Enterprise Services

INSURANCE 603, name space XI CONTENT INSURANCE 603; http://sap.com/xi/FS-CM/SE/Global

Other Prerequisites

You have activated the Business Function Set Insurance.

Features

Enterprise Services

Enterprise services are available for the following processes:

  • Integration with an External Document Vendor

    You can use the services of an external document vendor to create forms and to create and publish documents based on claim data. You can download these forms and archive them with the claim.

    This enables you to improve the quality, efficiency, and accuracy of communication with your customers. Regulatory compliance is thereby ensured.

    For more information, see Using an External Document Vendor

  • External Claim Investigation

    You can send claims to an external service provider (such as ISO ClaimSearch, UNIWAGNIS) for claim investigation if potential fraud is suspected, for example.

    For more information, see External Claim Investigation.

  • Regulatory Reporting

    You can report claim data to the US regulatory authorities such as the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) or the Insurance Services Organization (ISO) and thus comply with your reporting obligations.

    For more information, see Regulatory Reporting.

Portal Roles

The following portal roles are delivered with this Business Function:

  • Claim Handler

    With this role you can access a universal worklist and a personalized list of My Claims . You can also use a key figure monitor to keep an eye on your own activities.

  • Claim Center Agent

    With this role you can postprocess inbound first reports of injury (FROI) and then convert them into a claim. This process maps exception handling in automatic claim creation.

Additional Functions in Claims Processing

The Business Function contains the following additional functions for claims processing:

  • Performer Assignment Based on Your Organizational Structure

    You can use the function of Role-Based Performer (RBP) to have automatic performer assignment on the basis of the settings in SAP Organizational Management. Certain assignment strategies are available.

    You therefore have a high degree of flexibility in assigning your employees to the relevant tasks, depending on responsibility and availability. For more information, see Automatic Performer Assignment via Organizational Management.

  • Print Claim File

    You can compile an electronic claim file for a claim and then print this in one step. This electronic claim file can comprise data on the whole claim or just on certain parts.

    You can use this claim file for all business activities outside of your insurance company, for example at a trial.

    For more information, see Printing and Archiving Claim File.

  • Analysis of Financial Transactions in Financial Overview

    As the name implies, the financial overview gives you an overview of all relevant financial transactions for a claim. This includes payments, reserves, recovery, subrogation, and salvage.

    For more information, see Overview of Financial Transactions.

  • Payment

    This Business Function provides you with the following additional functions for processing payments:

  • Single Invoice

    This Business Function provides you with a check for duplicates in invoice entry .

  • Subrogation/Recovery

    This Business Function provides you with the following additional functions for processing subrogation/recovery:

  • Special Rights

    This Business Function provides you with the following additional functions for special rights:

  • Correspondence

    This Business Function provides you with the following additional functions for correspondence:

  • Workers Compensation

    This Business Function provides you with the following additional functions for Workers Compensation:

  • Care Insurance: Checks for Ongoing Care

    For more information, see Capture of Ongoing Care under Start of the navigation path Activities Next navigation step System Checks Before Approval of Benefit Decision End of the navigation path.

  • Specification of country and region of jurisdiction in the claim overview

    In the claim overview the system displays the country and region of jurisdiction. The system takes the country and region specified in the contract.

  • Delivery of value requests of the Business Rule Framework (BRF) for claim data

    For more information, see Value Requests for Claim Data.