Following are three recent items of interest regarding movement towards
the next versions of HIPAA transactions.

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

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Washington Publishing Company now lists all X12N version 005010 TR3's
planned for HIPAA as published. This includes the nine counterparts to
those implementation guides already adopted for HIPAA plus the two
Claims Attachments Type 3 Technical Reports (TR3's). Link to
http://www.wpc-edi.com/content/view/403/160/ to download; noting that
the nine HIPAA counterpart TR3's may be ordered as a suite for a single
price.

Additionally, the nine HIPAA counterpart TR3's have also all been
approved by the Designated Standards Maintenance Organizations, and
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics hearings are, as far
as I can (very unofficially) determine, completed.

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CMS has announced ...

"The analysis has been completed, comparing the current X12 HIPAA EDI
standards with the proposed standards as used within the Medicare Fee
For Service program. The results are now available on the CMS website.
The first set of documents is a side-by-side comparison for the ASC X12
N 837-I, 837-P, 276/277, 835 and 270/271 transactions. These documents
can be found at:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ElectronicBillingEDITrans/18_HIPAA2.asp#TopOfPage
The side-by-side comparisons present the 4010A1 and 5010 transactions
aligned to facilitate identifying the differences between the two
transaction versions."

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X12 has announced ...

"HIPAA Pre-conference on X12 005010 Transaction Enhancements
"Held in conjunction with the 17th Annual WEDI National Conference
"Hyatt Regency Baltimore on the Inner Harbor
"Monday, May 19, 2008, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

"ASC X12 and WEDI are pleased to offer their first-ever joint HIPAA
Conference on X12 005010 Transaction Enhancements. Attendees will hear
from a repertoire of subject matter experts how implementation of
forthcoming HIPAA-mandated X12 005010 transactions addresses myriad
industry-requested requirements. In addition to sessions on global
changes across all affected transactions and the value proposition for
upgrading to 005010, there will be sessions covering business, technical
and structural improvements and changes transaction-by-transaction.
Register today to ensure you're ready for the much-anticipated new HIPAA
regulations!"

To view the latest agenda and to register, link to
http://www.wedi.org/forms/meeting/MeetingFormPublic/view?id=709B00000013.


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