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K Kaunain Ahmad

Velocity Benefits & Claims Platform

Enterprise healthcare insurance claims auto-adjudication, Spring Boot microservices, and Drools rules engine on Vitech Velocity.

Vitech Velocity Platform Healthcare Claims Auto-Adjudication

Vitech / Majesco
2024
Architecture Overview • Senior Consultant / Backend Architect

Velocity Benefits & Claims Platform

Core Capabilities
Backend Architecture Claims Adjudication JVM Tuning
Tech Stack
Java Spring Boot PostgreSQL Drools Microservices Healthcare

Executive Summary

The Velocity Benefits & Claims Platform is an enterprise-scale software system powering healthcare insurance administration, policy management, and claims adjudication for major US healthcare providers.

As a Senior Consultant, I architected core backend services, validation workflows, and financial batch processing pipelines to support high-throughput, mission-critical operations under strict regulatory SLAs.


Key Responsibilities & Contributions

1. Claims Adjudication & Rules Engine

  • Designed and implemented auto-adjudication decision workflows for Dental, Health, and HCSA (Health Care Spending Account) claims.
  • Integrated Drools business rules engines to evaluate complex benefit plans, deductibles, co-pays, and provider network coverage in real-time.

2. High-Throughput Microservices & REST APIs

  • Developed scalable Spring Boot REST APIs handling Member Balance inquiries, Claims Submission, Group Enrollment, and Plan Administration.
  • Engineered asynchronous messaging queues and scheduled batch jobs for payments, financial disbursement, and automated Explanation of Benefits (EOB) document generation.

3. Production Support & JVM Optimization

  • Led root-cause analysis (RCA) for critical Level-3 production incidents, maintaining a >99.9% resolution rate within strict SLA windows.
  • Resolved memory leaks and JVM OutOfMemoryError conditions through heap dump analysis, GC tuning, and query execution plan optimization in PostgreSQL/Oracle.

Technical Stack

  • Languages & Frameworks: Java (11/17), Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Hibernate/JPA, Drools
  • Databases & Messaging: PostgreSQL, Oracle DB, Apache Kafka
  • Infrastructure & Tools: Docker, Jenkins CI/CD, Git, Linux, JProfiler, Postman

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