A draft version of X12N's version 005010 277 Health Care Claim
Pending Status Information Implementation Guide, 005010X228, is now
available for public review and comment as a key step in its X12 Type 3
Technical Report (TR3) publication process.

The public comment period for this guide began on 26 April 2007 and
will close on Friday, 1 June 2007, at 9:00 pm Eastern time.

The purpose of this 277 Implementation Guide is to:
· provide claim status information on claims pending in the payer's
adjudication system without requiring health care provider
solicitation.

This is X12's only unconstrained public comment period. The authors of
this guide will consider all comments during and following the public
comment period. For a complete understanding of changes being suggested
and/or made to this guide, reviewers should monitor the on-line
conference during the public comment period and consider all author
responses prior to the Informational Forum. Official authoring work
group responses will be posted to the on-line conference at least 15
days prior to the Informational Forum.

An announcement of the Informational Forum will be made later. The
Informational Forum, held during an X12 Trimester Meeting, is the final
X12 opportunity to comment: but generally only on modifications based
on the received public comments. After that, the guide is finalized for
movement through the Insurance Subcommittee (X12N) and X12 publication
approval processes.

The draft implementation guide is available for free download at:
http://www.wpc-edi.com/products/publications/x228 . Comments on the
draft may be submitted by anybody -- X12 member or not -- via the
on-line conference at:
http://www.wpc-edi.com/conferences/tg2/implementationguides . For
your convenience, the authoring workgroup has posted a template on the
on-line conference for use with multiple comment submissions.

The Health Care Claim Pending Status Information Implementation Guide,
005010X228, is not a counterpart of any that have been adopted under
HIPAA, and no official discussions regarding any such adoption have been
held. A factor in such discussions, should they be initiated, will be
any comments received. Voluntary use, once this guide is published as
a TR3, is, of course, permissible at any time based on negotiated
agreements between willing trading partners. HIPAA is a floor, not a
ceiling!

Participation in the public comment period for this guide is open to
all who may be interested; whether or not members of Accredited
Standards Committee X12. Please participate -- this is the highest
leverage opportunity for anybody outside of the authors to impact this
document.

Dave Feinberg
Rensis Corporation [A Consulting Company]
206-617-1717
DAFeinberg@...
Author of "Understanding HIPAA Communications"