The Department answered the question in an FAQ. See http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/q0101.htm
Stanley Nachimson Office of Information Services, CMS 410-786-6153 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/09/02 03:24PM >>> The following reference was made in the WEDI SNIP paper titled Clearinghouse Transactions and Connectivity, Page 16. Does anyone know if there has been any response from HHS and what that response was? Thank you! [The SNIP Business Issues sub-group is submitting this point for a formal and final response as a question to HHS as follows: If a clearinghouse is under contract to both a provider and a health plan, and currently receives transactions from the provider in its proprietary format and translates them to the plan's proprietary format, do the HIPAA regulations require that this process change? Would the clearinghouse be required under the regulations to convert non-standard provider transactions to standard format before then changing them to the plan's proprietary format, adding a seemingly unnecessary step to the current process?] ********************************************************************** To be removed from this list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that it may take up to 72 hours to process your request. ====================================================== 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. ********************************************************************** To be removed from this list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that it may take up to 72 hours to process your request. =====================================================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.
