Fax is considered an electronic transaction by CMS if the document
originated as an electronic document in a computer system and is faxed from
that computer system.
Rachel Foerster
Principal
Rachel Foerster Associates, Ltd.
Professionals in Health Care EDI
39432 North Avenue
Beach Park, IL 60099
So, let's say I'm a part-time chiropractor and I have occasion to send
in a dozen or so claims a week. I get tired of hand-filling in the HCFA
1500, so I get a Word document template for the form and key data in,
perhaps with the aid of a macro. Then I use my Fax software on my laptop
to send the
Charles,
You will need to consider each of the affected
business transactions, andyou will also need to consider whether or not
any of those transactions are done electronically by others, such as billing
services, in your behalf.
HIPAA does not require that a provider use any of
the
William,
This question always come up in my seminars, my standard answer is, you
may not have to legally comply, however HIPAA is meant to be best
business practices, it's meant to protect a patients privacy. Think
about it this way, on April 15 it's estimated over 10 million Notices of
Privacy
