Believe it or not, I am not "govtinformant" - though her prose is well-written and her logic irrefutable.
Nonetheless, I am disturbed by the postings to WEDI listserves from people who hide behind a cloak of anonymity. It's hard to tell what's going on behind the "hotmail" and "Yahoo!" e-mail IDs. Though hardly cyber-terrorism, this anonymity only contributes to HIPAA hysteria - and it is unprofessional and unseemly in a public standards setting organization. Would it be too much to ask of folks to use their full names, along with their company or organization affiliations when they proffer opinions? William J. Kammerer Novannet, LLC. Columbus, US-OH 43221-3859 +1 (614) 487-0320 ----- Original Message ----- From: "govtinformant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WEDI SNIP Testing Subworkgroup List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 05 December, 2002 08:47 AM Subject: RE: Defining a health care claim within the context of the 837 implementation guide Julie, Where in the Implementation Guides does it say: "Feel free to use dummy data to populate required elements." If the element is required, and there is a description of the data that should be contained there.....why would you populate it with anything else? Why would you think that you can? Otherwise why would anyone change the format that they are currently submitting? With your use of dummy data you can create a compliant claim from anything, right? Or is there a limit on the amount of dummy data allowed? Watch out! I hear the HIPAA police knocking on your door. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WEDI SNIP Testing Subworkgroup List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 04 December, 2002 07:57 PM Subject: RE: Defining a health care claim within the context of the 837 implementation guide Isn't it the job of clearinghouses to fix these issues? A compliant transaction will use dummy or default values in order to achieve compliance. Yes, this is the plan for numberous BCBS across the U.S., including several of our clients. Julie A. Thompson Vice President, Concio --- 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
