Rx2000HIPAA Digest, Volume 3 #1 From: info@rx2000.org Subject: Webcasts #2 From: gloria.burgos@hfch.halifax.org Subject: RE: Mark your calendar! #3 From: gloria.burgos@hfch.halifax.org Subject: RE: Webcasts #4 From: dtefft@mchs.com Subject: RE: Hcfa 1500 and UB92 #5 From: michelle.chaudry@mcleodcg.com Subject: RE: Hcfa 1500 and UB92 #6 From: PRESSER@GNYHA.org Subject: HIPAA billing standards #7 From: cllkhansen@altavista.net Subject: HHS Anouncement #8 From: Sslazarus@aol.com Subject: Re: Hcfa 1500 and UB92 ********** Message #1 ********** From: info@rx2000.org To: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org Subject: Webcasts Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 00:18:12 -0600 Rx2000 is looking into the possibility of webcasts, exploring the technology and costs involved. We hope to be able to offer this option in the future, but we won't be able to broadcast the April SIG meeting in Minneapolis. We would be interested in hearing from some of you that have experience with webcasts, and your assessments of the approach. Additionally, if any organization is able to provide technical assistance or facilities to the Institute to assist in webcasts, we would certainly appreciate the help. Please contact me directly at ackerman@rx2000.org rather than through the listserv. Thank you! Joel Ackerman, Executive Director Rx2000 Institute At 09:50 AM 3/21/00 -0500, you wrote: >Any possibility of providing this SIG meeting via online webcast? thx. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org [mailto:Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org] >Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 2:41 AM >To: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org >Subject: Mark your calendar! > > > >Dear Rx2000 Listserv Reader, > >I'm very happy to announce that Rx2000 is continuing our series of very >successful Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings. These meetings, open to >Institute members and non-members, have featured many of the leading >government and healthcare industry speakers most requested by the >healthcare community. > >The first SIG meeting of 2000 titled Healthcare Technology, Regulations and >the New Millennium is scheduled for April 25th - 26th in Minneapolis, >Minnesota, and will focus specifically on the key topics of HIPAA and >eHealth. If there is sufficient interest, we will conduct tutorials on >HIPAA and eHealth the afternoon of the 25th for those that are new to these >topics or need a basic understanding to get the most benefit from the >speakers on the 26th. > >Please visit our website at http://www.rx2000.org for additional >information and to register for the meeting. I hope to see you there! > >Joel Ackerman >Executive Director >Rx2000 Institute >ackerman@rx2000.org ********** Message #2 ********** From: gloria.burgos@hfch.halifax.org To: "'Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org'" Subject: RE: Mark your calendar! Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:02:32 -0500 We have seen that webcasts provide the same content, the audience gets the same information, and most definitely is less costly. Many, many people cannot get the information strictly because of busy schedules and the cost to travel,... Webcasts provide the forum to provide the best of both worlds, content-enriched and cheap!! Hope RX2000 can support this. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org [mailto:Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 9:57 AM To: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org Subject: RE: Mark your calendar! Online webcast training would be great. I support that approach. Thank you to whomever suggested that option. Patricia J. Herold ITG Project Management HIPAA Program Office 312 653-2234 heroldp@bcbsil.com >>> 03/21/00 08:50AM >>> Any possibility of providing this SIG meeting via online webcast? thx. -----Original Message----- From: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org [mailto:Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 2:41 AM To: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org Subject: Mark your calendar! Dear Rx2000 Listserv Reader, I'm very happy to announce that Rx2000 is continuing our series of very successful Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings. These meetings, open to Institute members and non-members, have featured many of the leading government and healthcare industry speakers most requested by the healthcare community. The first SIG meeting of 2000 titled Healthcare Technology, Regulations and the New Millennium is scheduled for April 25th - 26th in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and will focus specifically on the key topics of HIPAA and eHealth. If there is sufficient interest, we will conduct tutorials on HIPAA and eHealth the afternoon of the 25th for those that are new to these topics or need a basic understanding to get the most benefit from the speakers on the 26th. Please visit our website at http://www.rx2000.org for additional information and to register for the meeting. I hope to see you there! Joel Ackerman Executive Director Rx2000 Institute ackerman@rx2000.org ********** Message #3 ********** From: gloria.burgos@hfch.halifax.org To: "'Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org'" Subject: RE: Webcasts Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:26:03 -0500 I have found the medium used for this type of thing is best when your transmission line is a higher speed type, ie T1 line. The standard analog telephone line will be slow and create a blotchy presentation. But I would think most, or at least many, companies and organizations have a good connection for internet, something better than analog lines. E-business and all that stuff is demanding it I would think. My understanding is the receiver needs some software installed, ie RealPlayer. To eliminate choppy presentations, T1 lines and the like are best for clean transmissions. The sender (whomever is providing the presentation/conference) needs special software to do this. Most IS vendors would know specifically what is needed to set this up. Hope this helps. -----Original Message----- From: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org [mailto:Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org] Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 1:18 AM To: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org Subject: Webcasts Rx2000 is looking into the possibility of webcasts, exploring the technology and costs involved. We hope to be able to offer this option in the future, but we won't be able to broadcast the April SIG meeting in Minneapolis. We would be interested in hearing from some of you that have experience with webcasts, and your assessments of the approach. Additionally, if any organization is able to provide technical assistance or facilities to the Institute to assist in webcasts, we would certainly appreciate the help. Please contact me directly at ackerman@rx2000.org rather than through the listserv. Thank you! Joel Ackerman, Executive Director Rx2000 Institute At 09:50 AM 3/21/00 -0500, you wrote: >Any possibility of providing this SIG meeting via online webcast? thx. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org [mailto:Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org] >Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 2:41 AM >To: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org >Subject: Mark your calendar! > > > >Dear Rx2000 Listserv Reader, > >I'm very happy to announce that Rx2000 is continuing our series of very >successful Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings. These meetings, open to >Institute members and non-members, have featured many of the leading >government and healthcare industry speakers most requested by the >healthcare community. > >The first SIG meeting of 2000 titled Healthcare Technology, Regulations and >the New Millennium is scheduled for April 25th - 26th in Minneapolis, >Minnesota, and will focus specifically on the key topics of HIPAA and >eHealth. If there is sufficient interest, we will conduct tutorials on >HIPAA and eHealth the afternoon of the 25th for those that are new to these >topics or need a basic understanding to get the most benefit from the >speakers on the 26th. > >Please visit our website at http://www.rx2000.org for additional >information and to register for the meeting. I hope to see you there! > >Joel Ackerman >Executive Director >Rx2000 Institute >ackerman@rx2000.org ********** Message #4 ********** From: dtefft@mchs.com To: "'Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org'" Subject: RE: Hcfa 1500 and UB92 Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 11:13:26 -0500 This is true only if you are a provider. If you are a payor, and a provider wishes to submit a claim electronically via an 837 transmission, you MUST accept it in that form. This may present a problem with some of the smaller MCO/HMO organizations used to only receiving paper claims. David Tefft Ohio > -----Original Message----- > From: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org [SMTP:Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org] > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 10:03 AM > To: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org > Subject: RE: Hcfa 1500 and UB92 > > > HIPAA only mandates that people use a standard electronic format (837) > when > submitting claims electronically. If they are using paper claims there is > no requirement that they stop and move to electronic submissions. > > Tom Sadauskas, FHFMA, CHE, CPA > Information Management Directorate Support > Logicon, A Northrop Grumman Company > Voice - 703-575-0119 (NEW) Fax - 703-575-0215 (NEW) > thomas.sadauskas@tma.osd.mil > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org [mailto:Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org] > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 11:03 AM > To: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org > Subject: Hcfa 1500 and UB92 > > > > With the elimination of the UB92 and the HCFA 1500, under HIPAA, if the > provider chooses to forward their health claim directly to the payer in > paper format will they continue to use the old UB92 or HCFA 1500 form or > another format? I realize that some of the new data sets proposed are not > currently captured on the current forms? > > Michelle Chaudry, MIS, RHIA > McLeod Consulting Group, Inc. > Advisory Consultant > 708-862-5029 > Michelle.Chaudry@McLeodCG.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org [mailto:Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org] > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 8:45 AM > To: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org > Subject: Re: Job Descriptions, Other Requests > > ********** Message #5 ********** From: michelle.chaudry@mcleodcg.com To: Subject: RE: Hcfa 1500 and UB92 Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:14:32 -0600 Mike, My question is the new electronic format requires additional information that is not currently captured on the UB92- HCFA 1500. How will the current forms address the missing new data requirements? Even with the intermediary converting the forms into an electronic format they must somehow receive all of the required information. Thanks for your help, Michelle Chaudry, MIS, RHIA McLeod Consulting Group, Inc. Advisory Consultant 708-862-5029 Michelle.Chaudry@McLeodCG.com -----Original Message----- From: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org [mailto:Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 8:50 AM To: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org Subject: Re: Hcfa 1500 and UB92 My understanding is that you will be able to submit a paper based claim in whatever format your intermediary will accept (such as UB92 or HCFA 1500) as long as the intermediary submits it electronically and conforms to all HIPAA standards and requirements Mike Cohen MRC Consulting Group (630) 653-9242 MRCCG@aol.com www.MRCCG.com In a message dated 3/22/00 1:51:49 AM Central Standard Time, Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org writes: << With the elimination of the UB92 and the HCFA 1500, under HIPAA, if the provider chooses to forward their health claim directly to the payer in paper format will they continue to use the old UB92 or HCFA 1500 form or another format? I realize that some of the new data sets proposed are not currently captured on the current forms? >> ********** Message #6 ********** From: PRESSER@GNYHA.org To: rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org Subject: HIPAA billing standards Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 15:53:23 -0500 Has anyone heard that Workers Comp and Auto No-Fault carriers are not subject to HIPAA billing standards? Stewart Presser Vice President Greater New York Hospital Association Stewie ********** Message #7 ********** From: cllkhansen@altavista.net To: rx2000hipaa@rx2000.org Subject: HHS Anouncement Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:39:58 -0500 (EST) I received the following message from the HIMSS list serv. you can also see this change on the published schedule at http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/pubsched.htm > The following statement was provided electronically yesterday by Bill Braithwaite, U.S. Department of HHS, concerning the status of the HIPAA final rules. It appears that HHS is no longer projecting target dates for any of the final rules except the Standards for Electronic Transactions to be published in June 2000. ANNOUNCEMENT BY BILL BRAITHWAITE In a March 14th letter to the Workgroup on Electronic Data Interchange(WEDI), the Deputy Secretary of HHS announced the "... goal to publish the final rule for Standards for Electronic Transactions by the end of June. As you can appreciate, this estimate is predicated upon several things, including approval of the rule by the Office of Management and Budget. We understand the importance of this rule to the health care industry and others and will take the steps necessary to make sure that this goal is met." At this time, the tentative target dates for other rules have to be updated and the old targets will be removed from the administrative simplification web site until further notice. In any case, I am pleased that we have a firm date for the first final rule and I hope you will all take advantage of this advance notice to start your implementations of the transaction standards. > Chris Hansen ********** Message #8 ********** From: Sslazarus@aol.com To: Rx2000HIPAA@rx2000.org Subject: Re: Hcfa 1500 and UB92 Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 12:00:25 EST There is an important "yes, but" to this discussion which was presented at the WEDI National Conference this week. It is estimated that up to 40% of all HCFA 1500 electronic claims are created from a HCFA 1500 print file on the provider's system and then reformatted and supplemented by the payer or clearinghouse to create the electronic claim. It is likely that the final Standards Transaction Rule will not permit the payer or clearinghouse to supplement the 1500 data to complete the 837, but direct provider input would be permitted. This issue is being addressed by a new Task Group formed by NUCC and AFEHCT. Participants are welcome. Contact Larry Watkins at 770-444-5322 or larry.watkins@per-se.com for more information. Just as important is that if a billing system cannot directly support the 837, it probably cannot support the other HIPAA Standard Transactions and there will be no or few Administrative Savings to the provider. Claims are not the only issue here. We have 26 months from June, 2000 to fix make our changes. Steve S. Lazarus, PhD, FHIMSS President Boundary Information Group and Chair Elect Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange