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			<span class="post-date">Mar 31</span>

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				Posted by <a href="/forum/user/431-nitin-sinha">Nitin Sinha</a>				in <a href="/resources/sigmaway-blog/continuous-process-improvement">Continuous  Process Improvement</a>			</span>
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	<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="line-height: normal;">Nowadays patients are demanding more and higher quality&nbsp;healthcare&nbsp;provisions. These have posed challenges to the healthcare facilities.&nbsp;Insurance companies in the healthcare sector are striving to keep claims at minimal. In most of the cases, these companies bear a negative perception in the minds of patients which forces them to leave hospitals prematurely. Also, they do not get critical treatments or medicines. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="line-height: normal;">However, a shift is taking place with Lean Six Sigma’s holistic approach. Insurance companies are now looking for effective ways to bring their costs down while at the same time providing medical cover for improved healthcare provisions. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="line-height: normal;">CIGNA, a health insurance company describes how it is using Six Sigma to bring down medical costs while simultaneously improving the outcomes. To know about it, please click here:&nbsp;</span></span><a href="http://ciaranmay.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/focusing-power-of-ss-in-healthcare-insurance-industry.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: black; line-height: normal;">http://ciaranmay.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/focusing-power-of-ss-in-healthcare-insurance-industry.pdf</a></p></div>

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