As I'm sure you guys remember, our industry assisted with the HIPAA > legislation as well as the regulations. We all had input. > > In the South, we say at this point "this dog won't hunt". > > In my humble opinion, we're in the people business not the dodge-em > business.
Yes Rebecca, you and the industry assisted, and that assistance was most valuable in regard to electronic transactions for billing purposes. The Ins Cos had hidden behind their electronic inefficiencies, crying all the way to the bank, for quite long enough. And we providers will THANK YOU mightily for the help - we were unable to do it alone - they just laughed at us. But Privacy is getting out of hand, and just wait until we start to deal with Security. These two dogs are going to be about as useful as E&M Guidelines - a 7-8 year boonDOGgle that never hunted either. Again, though, thanks for the uniform coding retriever. Or maybe it will be a sheepdog, nipping at the heels of the Ins Cos - getting them into line. Can you imagine - allowing providers to really get paid according to AMA CPT codes instead of getting ripped off by ClaimCheck and its bastard cousins? Awesome. Bill D. ********************************************************************** To be removed from this list, go to: http://snip.wedi.org/unsubscribe.cfm?list=privacy and enter your email address. The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. Posting of advertisements or other commercial use of this listserv is specifically prohibited.
