Tech Bits: Medical Mutual, EHealth, Others

- EHealth Inc., Mountain View, Calif., the company that runs the eHealthInsurance.com website, has formed an alliance with TuneCore Inc., New York, a Web-based musician services company.

TuneCore will encourage musicians to get insurance quotes from the eHealthInsurance.com database through a form at TuneCore, and TuneCore will refer musicians who want to speak to a live human being to a call center set up by eHealth.

EHealth and TuneCore also have worked together to develop a health care “survival manual” for musicians.

– Computer Sciences Corp., Falls Church, Va., has licensed use of its new Business Analytics software system, which was first offered to life insurance and annuity providers in May, to Jackson National Life Insurance Company, Lansing, Mich., a unit of Prudential P.L.C., London. Jackson National is the first company in the life and annuity provider market to license the product, according to CSC.

– Eastern Life and Health Insurance Company, a unit of Eastern Insurance Holdings Inc., Lancaster, Pa., has introduced the e-bility group benefits Web portal at http://www.elhins.com/

The system can help employer groups and brokers with plan administration, billing, claims and eligibility information. Employer group administrators also can also use the portal to process employee additions, changes and terminations.