An addenda to X12N's version 003070 Implementation Guide noted in the
forwarded message is now available for public comment. The underlying
Implementation Guide has not been adopted under HIPAA and no official
discussions regarding any such adoption of it or its addenda have been
held. A factor in such discussions, should they be initiated, will be
any comments received. Participation in the public comment period is
open to all who may be interested. Please participate if you are able.

Dave Feinberg
Co-chair, HIPAA Implementation Work Group
Insurance Subcommittee (X12N)
Accredited Standards Committee X12
Rensis Corporation [A Consulting Company]
206-617-1717
DAFeinberg@...


----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Cabral
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 8:10 AM
Subject: Announcing a Public Review Period of Addenda for 277 Health
Care Payer Unsolicited Claim Status Implementation Guide (003070X070A1)


Announcing a Public Review Period of Addenda for 277 Health Care Payer
Unsolicited Claim Status Implementation Guide (003070X070A1).

The ASC X12N Health Care Health Care Payer Unsolicited Claim Status
(277) Implementation Guide Addenda (003070X070A1) is now available for
industry review. This Addenda document has been developed by X12N TG2
WG5, which is the Claim Status work group within the Health Care task
group of the Insurance Subcommittee of X12. X12 is an Accredited
Standards Committee (ASC) under ANSI (American National Standards
Institute).

The purpose of the 277 implementation guide is to:
· Provide claim status information from the payer without health
care provider solicitation

Examples of this type of claim status notification include
acknowledgements of claim transmission and pended claim lists from a
payer organization.

The Addenda for this guide is based on version 3070 of the ASC X12
family of standards.

The public review period will commence at 8:00 P.M. Eastern on October
25th, 2004 and will close at 8:00 P.M. Eastern on November 24th, 2004.

The authors will review and discuss any and all comments following the
public review period. Official work group responses will be posted to
the on-line conference. All work group responses will be posted at
least 15 days prior to the corresponding Information Forum. This is the
only public review period. For a complete understanding of changes
being made to the guide, reviewers should monitor the on-line conference
during the public review period and review all author responses prior to
the Information Forum.

Watch for the announcement of the corresponding Information Forum. The
Information Forum is the final opportunity to comment on modifications
based on the public review period comments.

The draft implementation guides are available for download at:
http://www.wpc-edi.com/HealthCareDraft.asp

Comments on the draft implementation guides can be submitted via the
on-line conference at:
http://www.wpc-edi.com/conferences/healthcare.html


Michael J. Cabral, Project Manager
Claim Status Work Group Co-Chair