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WEDI, HL7, X12 and AFEHCT* are asking for your help in learning about
current practices in the use of Health Care Claims Attachments.  If you
are a Provider, a Provider Billing Service or a Health Plan, we just
want to know how you do things now.  If you are an IT vendor, we would
also like to know about any plans to support the electronic Claims
Attachment, which is expected to be the next transaction standard adopted
under HIPAA.

We’re asking that you help us in two ways.

1) Take the survey for your kind of business
2) Spread the word to your colleagues and associates

Our goal is to reach all the provider specialties and care settings,
all types of large and small health plans, both private and governmental,
and a broad cross-section of software vendors, clearing houses and
technology service firms.  Your participation helps make sure your business
processes are better understood and your needs are taken into account.

1 - TAKING THE SURVEY

If you are a healthcare provider or billing service, questions will
include:
- Approximate size and type of facility
- Approximate claims volume
- Approximate number of claims requiring attachments
- Types of attachments requested and relative frequency
(always/sometimes/never)
Click here to take the provider survey: 
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=42437791840

If you are a health plan or government payer, questions will include:
- Type and size of plan (approx number of providers, approx number of
covered lives)
- Approximate claims volume
- Which X12 electronic transactions are currently supported
- Types of attachments required and relative frequency
(always/sometimes/never)
- Current processes for requesting and handling attachments
Click here to take the health plan survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=52135791847

If you are a software vendor, clearing house, or technology services
firm, questions will include:
- Type and size of customers served
- Which X12 transaction types are currently supported
- Future transaction support plans
- Plans for document management/image support
- Deployment plans and timeframe (if any)
Click here to take the vendor survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=32384791851

Due to resource limitations, no paper surveys or email questionnaires
will be distributed, and no written responses will be counted.  Please
use the web-based survey only.

DISTRIBUTING THIS MESSAGE

Please distribute this invitation to other listservs and/or membership
lists by following the guidelines below:

1) Copy the text between (AND including) the rows marked #####
2) Paste it into a new message and send it to your list
3) Please don’t modify the information between the markers
4) Additional text can be added above or below the marker rows, if you
like
5) Please be sure the message has not already been distributed to your
list by someone else

DEADLINE

The surveys will be closed at midnight on Monday March 7, 2005. 

QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, RESULTS
Please visit
http://www.wedi.org/public/articles/dis_viewArticle.cfm?ID=303 if you
have any questions about the survey.  If your question is not answered
by one of our FAQs, you can send an email to the address listed on that
page.  Please do NOT send questions about the survey to the person or
organization that sent you this message.  The survey results will also
be posted to this webpage.

Thanks!

The WEDI/HL7/X12/AFEHCT Claims Attachment Survey Team

* The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (www.wedi.org), Health
Level 7 (www.hl7.org), ASC X12 (www.x12.org), and the Association for
Electronic Health Care Transactions (www.afehct.org)

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