Re: Institutions?

[Jan Root]

Bob Lindsay is correct.  HIPAA lays out standards for each transaction but it does not specify when a transaction is to be used.  Ruth Tucci-Kaufhold of Unisys and myself are currently Co-chairing a WEDi/SNIP White Paper authoring group that is studying this issue.  We are involved in collecting information about today's billing practices, trying to get a feel for where there is concensus about billing practices (are all inpatient hospital claims billed on a UB-92/837I?) and where there is a lack of concensus (e.g., home health billing).  If anyone is interested in participating in the discussion we have a list serve that you can subscribe to on the SNIP list serve page.  We have a conference call today to review our preliminary survey results. Jan Root Bob Warner wrote:  I am assuming that an institution (thus being required to file an 837i transaction) includes places such as hospitals, residential treatment facilities, nursing homes (hospice facilities?) and similar types of facilities.  Are there any facilities which also are required to file the 837i but are not obviously institutions? Thanks, Bob Robert E. Warner Department of Human Services 3520 W. Oxford Ave Denver, CO 80236 Phone - (303)866-7301 E-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED]