>Horn, John wrote: >>Jim Sharkey wrote: >>> HIPAA legislation is costing a lot of companies a great deal >>> of money, though. >>Trust me. Even for a big shop like mine, it's a momentous task. >>We are spending a huge amount of money on it. And it's not over >>yet! But, hopefully, when all is set and done, there will be >>savings overall due to the increased use of EDI. That's certainly >>the hope anyway. > >I hope you're right. I'm not involved much at all in the welfare end of things, but I'm >not sure how exactly it's going to improve things. Can you give me some ideas? >Jim
I'm not sure what John has in mind for future benefits, but one of the impacts the legislation has had to date is on healthcare "portability". If you move from one employer to another you can no longer be denied care or have "preexisting conditions" that can lead to denial of care for a year (or more). Dee _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
