Janie, One more comment on companion guides: Most of the "situations" that, if TRUE, trigger the required use of a situational segment are situations that are present and observable right in the transaction. Situations like "a payor simply requires it", however, will have to be spelled out in a companion guide. I like to think of these as "soft situational" fields, as opposed to "hard situationals" such as "use this element if segment X has a value of Y". The regular IG is adequate for the "hard situational" fields and each payor's Companion guide should probably address ALL of the "soft" ones.
(I wonder if anyone has made a list of "soft" situational elements that could form the basis for a "standard" companion guide template?) Regards, Chris At 01:01 PM 7/11/2002 -0700, Janie Miller wrote: >Probably ignorant questions, but I must clarify for my own sanity: > >In a companion document, is it HIPAA compliant for a covered entity to >"require" certain "situational" loops/segments/data elements of its trading >partner(s)? What about when the covered entity wants to "require" certain >specific data in "NOT USED" description fields? > > > >********************************************************************** >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. Christopher J. Feahr, OD http://visiondatastandard.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell/Pager: 707-529-2268 ********************************************************************** 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.
