From the HIPAA DSMO change request system site, www.hipaa-dsmo.org/crs :

Change Request ID: 1008 Submission Date: 8/30/2004

Request Type: Payment of a Health Care Claim

Business Reason: The later version of 835 Implementation Guide
contains additional valuable information that will benefit the
industry for those attempting to use the 835.
The Claim Payment workgroup and the Health Care Task Group of
ASC X12 Insurance Sub Committee believes that this new guide version
4050 designated X124 should be considered as a candidate for the next
HIPAA version of the 835.

Suggested Change: Recommend to NCVHS that the 4050 version of the
835 Implementation Guide (X124) be named as the HIPAA standard.


DSMO Steering Committee Action on 1/04/2005: Approve.
The DSMO fully supports this request to move the 835 004050 guide
forward for consideration for HIPAA. The DSMO note that all
transactions do not have to advance to the next version as a "suite".
Based on input from the industry the 4050 version of the 835
incorporates a variety of improvements that provide a more effective
and consistent implementation of the standard.


To obtain a further explanation of how this DSMO action fits into
the HIPAA adoption process, or to schedule time to discover what's
happening with X12's ongoing work on new HIPAA transactions, related
code sets, and identifiers, feel free to contact me as noted below.

Dave Feinberg
Rensis Corporation [A Consulting Company]
206-617-1717
DAFeinberg@...