Rich MacCatherine is saying that some payers are demanding he send non-compliant transactions - in order that his software be approved, which is presumably some kind of PMS. Now, it's perfectly okay for payers (who have filed for an extension) to demand non-compliant transactions today. Even so, how does Rich know the transactions are non-compliant? Has he run them through Velocedi or HIPAA Validator?
We're all used to talking in the present tense as if this were 2003-10-16 already. So does Rich mean that these payers will demand non-compliant transactions even after 2003-10-16? Gosh - I hope these aren't the same payers Julie's been talking about who will demand perfect compliance! Julie: Rich's problem does sound fascinating and is indeed relevant to the whole issue of TCS compliance and enforcement. I'm glad HCCO is taking this up. Is the "internal HCCO executive board" Yahoo! list, where this discussion is taking place, open to the public like those of this WEDI/SNIP listserve? William J. Kammerer Novannet, LLC. Columbus, US-OH 43221-3859 +1 (614) 487-0320 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WEDI SNIP Testing Subworkgroup List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 04 December, 2002 06:27 PM Subject: RE: HCCO Value Propostion This was intended to be an internal HCCO executive board discussion, but the auto reply sent this to the wedi listserv. Following this email, HCCO comfirmed one of the value propositions for its members will be a mechanism for reporting and researching transactions issues, questions, concerns, and complaints. HCCO plans on providing education materials and mediation support to its members as well. This mechanism will be available on the HCCO website soon. Thanks for your interest! Julie A. Thompson Executive Steering Committee, HCCO From: "Rich MacCatherine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "WEDI SNIP Testing Subworkgroup List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WEDI SNIP Testing Subworkgroup List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: HCCO Value Propistion Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 18:08:23 -0500 Julie: I too have had problems testing with payers. I've asked several contacts about this, even some on this listserv. The best advice I've gotten was that once there is a mechanism in place for reporting complaints then I should follow the process for filing one. I do not believe there is such a "service" set up at this time. If anyone knows of one, if they could send out the info that would be great. I spent several weeks arguing with certain payers about their non-compliant request. But if I wanted to be approved for production in their system, I had to make the change. I don't consider this a "done deal," but at this time I don't know of any other recourse. Rich MacCatherine Software Engineer Source Medical, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Julie Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wed 12/4/2002 4:50 PM To: WEDI SNIP Testing Subworkgroup List Cc: Subject: HCCO Value Propistion I am working on several client implementations. There major concern is lack of compliance (or none at all) from their trading partners. They do not want to cause a problem with their payors. What if there was an organization who they could report their concerns to, and this organization would act as a first level of education and/or mediation???"? Julie --- 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/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time. You are currently subscribed to wedi-testing as: [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org
