Thank you Nicholas. In the minutes to HR3323, it states that "the administration has indicated that certain sections of this rule (Privacy) are to be opened for public comment early next year."
Do you have a take on what this means? I have to assume that if they are opening this up for comment, that changes will most likely occur. Are we talking about removing oral communication as part of Privacy? Also, in HR3323 it speaks to 'authorizing the appropriation' of $44,200,000 for various things. If I recall my civics courses, authorization for appropriation is much different then actual funding. Best regards, Jim Driscoll Business Analyst-Software Development Sloans Lake Managed Care 1355 South Colorado Blvd. Denver, CO 80222 303.504.5367 direct 303.504.5367 fax 1.800.457.2345 >>> Nicholas Morehead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11-Dec-01 09:09:38 AM >>> James, my understanding is that the Senate is going to simply adopt the language in the House bill and attach it to a bill that is slated to pass. It appears that a conference committee might not be needed. Not certain yet though. Nicholas. Nicholas Morehead Editor HIPAA Compliance Alert United Communications Group 11300 Rockville Pike, Suite 1100 Rockville, MD., 20852-3030 phone: (301) 287-2452 fax: (301) 287-2158 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: James Driscoll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 11:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Fwd: RE: FYI Senate Passes Administrative Simplification Delay Bill] Can anyone provide the status of HR3323 and S 1684? I was under the assumption that the House bill is the vehicle for the delay. Will there be a conference committee on the two competing bills or will the Senate simply take up the House bill, pass it and have Bush sign it? Any time line on this? Best regards, Jim Driscoll Business Analyst-Software Development Sloans Lake Managed Care 1355 South Colorado Blvd. Denver, CO 80222 303.504.5367 direct 303.504.5367 fax 1.800.457.2345 >>> Kepa Zubeldia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06-Dec-01 10:22:02 AM >>> Larry, Others, What do you make of the bill's requirement to start testing by April 2003? This would need some minor adjustment to the sequence. The only change would be that the System Readiness (I think this is the same thing that the House Bill calls testing) for the 820 transaction would move up from 5/1/03 to 4/16/03. Just two weeks difference in one transaction. Isn't it beautiful how the SNIP sequence fits? Kepa -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: FYI Senate Passes Administrative Simplification Delay Bill Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 15:43:15 -0500 From: "Larry Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Roy, et al --No -- you're certainly not wrong. WEDI SNIP developed a timeline based on the current (10/16/2002) dates. In the latest Sequencing white paper, we added a sequence and scheduling proposal with the additional year (deadline 10/16/2003) taken into account. (We did this based on the WEDI recommendation for a one-year delay).I think it's time to blow off any dust that has settled on this latest Sequencing white paper, and work together in collaboration to coordinate our HIPAA implementation schedules. This may sound like a big task, but if the larger entities would use the schedule, it would provide the level-setting that the industry needs.May I be frank? Let's face it -- much of the industry needs the year, which means we all do. (As was pointed out previously, unless everyone is fully compliant, noone is.) On the other hand, no coordination on when people implement could be devastating for the industry, given the reasons stated previously in this thread. SO, it is necessary for us all to adopt a Strategic National Implementation Process (SNIP) that will provide for coordination and take into account the needs of everyone. If we don't at least try to do this, then we definitely won't succeed at it. Larry Watkins Co-Chair, WEDI SNIP -----Original Message----- From: Roy Bussewitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 3:26 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: FYI Senate Passes Administrative Simplification Delay Bill Isn't this the goal of WEDI SNIP... Strategic NATIONAL Implementation Process. Isn't NATIONAL Implementation strategy what we are really talking about no matter what the HIPAA COMPLIANCE date is? When has the industry AGREED to implement... what's the strategy, what's the time-line? It sounds like what WEDI SNIP has been doing all along. Am I wrong? Have I missed something here? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 2:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: FYI Senate Passes Administrative Simplification Delay Bill --- You wrote: Perhaps I am missing something in this "submit a plan" scenario, but once you have one or two significant players not in the game, it will become cost-prohibitive for virtually anyone to play....(you will need to have duplicate systems in place for HIPAA-enabled and non-HIPAA enabled business partners) In the final analysis it seems to me like it will certainly end up being an "all or none" phenomenon on Oct 16th 2002....(except for those who can afford support a half-hearted TCS implementation while maintaining the existing processes for the non players) --- end of quote --- I totally agree. 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