Medicare used the paper HCFA forms and converted it to a flat electronic file which was not X12. WEDI developed X12 EDI before HIPAA but nobody used it. Each state also had regulatory exceptions to 'EDI' that required paper for some time. Healthcare had plenty of time to implement various phases of HIPAA but most covered entities just decided to play dumb.
David Frenkel ________________________________ From: Michael Mattias/LS <[email protected]> To: EDI-L <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, September 9, 2011 12:47:25 PM Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Presentation of Integration Best Practices > If the healthcare industry could have envisioned long term value in things > like >EDI there would not be the the government intervention we have now with >HIPAA. But you know, Medicare (your tax dollars at work) had enforced "electronic claims and payments ONLY" since the early or mid 1990's (First Part A; then Part B I think got fully converted only about 1999 or 2000).... so healthcare SHOULD have been aware if the long-term value in EDI WAAY before it was mandated. While the use of EDI as a PROACTIVE strategy has certainly been somewhat less than ubiquitous, there is that one retailer from tiny Bentonville AR who was certainly aware of the long term value of EDI.... and they have done, well, "OK" I guess..... .. and the Auto manufacturers... and the rest of the retailers... and... well, golly, maybe the word has gotten out after all! Michael C. Mattias Tal Systems Inc. Racine WI [email protected] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
