Minnesota has state legislation which indicating which format each provider
type must use. In most cases the requirements follow Medicare. I would be
like to participate in this activity as well.
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Me too! I'd be glad to do the grunt work.
j
"Tucci-Kaufhold, Ruth A." wrote:
> I would like to participate in this effort as well. I would like to lead
> this effort since we are continuing to have discussions in this area as
> well.
>
> Ruth Tucci-Kaufhold
> UNISYS Corporation
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>
> This is a really important paper to get out. I don't know where it stands
> on the WEDI priority list currently, but there are number of provider
types
> that don't fit cleanly into the professional or institutional claim (Home
> Health, Mental Health, ESRD, etc.).
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Zon Owen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 3:49 PM
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> > Subject: Re: Policy on Which Guide to Use
> >
> > Jan,
> >
> > The SNIP Business Issues Subworkgroup has been trying to establish an
> > author
> > group for a white paper on which IGs should be used for which services.
I
> > volunteered to participate, and personally asked John Bock to help put
> > together a list of issues, which he posted to the 837 listserv on 05/22,
> > and
> > to which you probably provided the most substantial response. But, as
you
> > know, this particular nut has a very tough shell, and we didn't get
enough
> > volunteers to get this moving. I'm still game if you are interested.
> >
> > This effort could clarify some of the immediate requirements under
HIPAA,
> > but would also have to look very hard at what could be done over the
next
> > 5 - 10 years about some of the more troublesome inconsistencies in the
> > industry that are a real burden, but regarding which HIPAA is largely
> > silent. I realize that I'm preaching to the choir here, but other
readers
> > need to understand that this is more of a long-range issue than most.
> >
> > - Zon Owen -
> > (808)597-8493
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: "Jan Root" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 6:44 AM
> > Subject: Re: Policy on Which Guide to Use
> >
> >
> > David
> >
> > <<some material is omitted here>>
> >
> > In terms of your point about COB, I think the status quo (ie., that
payer
> > A
> > can
> > require a service to be billed professionally and payer B can require
the
> > identical
> > service billed institutionally) stands. This is, unfortunately, pretty
> > common in
> > many corners of the health care industry - home health and ambulatory
> > surgery comes
> > to mind. This is one of the reasons it is so important to begin the
> > discussion
> > about 'which guide to use'.
> >
> > I don't know what the answer is, but I think this underscores the need
for
> > WEDi to
> > get this to the TOP of their discussion list and to start making
> > recommendations to
> > HHS. I heard rumbles about a SNIP(?) group last spring that might be
> > discussing
> > this but I haven't heard anything more (I volunteered to be on the
group),
> > and just
> > this week I heard that some other group (don't know who) was going to
take
> > this up
> > for discussion. It's a serious and complex issue. Does anybody have
any
> > info on
> > where this topic is in the WEDi/SNIP agenda? Is it a victim of summer?
> > Heck, I'd
> > volunteer to chair it if that would get the discussion off the ground.
> >
> > j
> >
> >
> >
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