Kepa, you're much too funny for the second to last day of the year!!!! Happy New Year!
Rachel -----Original Message----- From: Kepa Zubeldia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 5:56 PM To: WEDI SNIP Testing Subworkgroup List Subject: Re: Testing Survey for initial review Foreword? On Monday 30 December 2002 07:58 am, you wrote: > Hope the holidays have been great for everyone, > > Recently, the Testing Sub-Group has decided to pursue a survey approach towards understanding real-life problems being experienced by the Health Care community. Based on this work, we will be able to widely publish our findings, provide feedback to other existing work efforts, and discover other WEDi products that would benefit many. Our approach is to create a series of surveys that are very easy to fill out and are kept private. Each survey will build upon the findings of the previous survey. Below represents some of the initial work of the new Testing Survey Team that includes a forward written by Rachel Foerster and the proposed initial survey questions. We welcome your comments. Please keep in mind that this is the first survey of a series and you are more than welcome to join our Testing Sub-Group call this Thursday (January 2nd) at 11:00 EST where the survey will be one of several topics. > > Ed > > > Edward A. Hafner > WEDi Member > > Chief Technology Officer > Foresight Corporation > +1.614.526.4328 > > > > > > > Survey Forward: > > The objectives for this and subsequent surveys are: > > 1. Discover issues and problems currently being experienced by organizations which have begun HIPAA EDI transactions testing; > > 2. Identify EDI transactions testing issues and problems which are anticipated to occur during the next 3 months; > > 3. Provide input into other WEDi SNIP workgroups, and specifically, into a work group recently formed to investigate areas for disparate interpretation within a specific HIPAA Implementation Guide. > > The results of these surveys will be shared broadly with the industry. It is anticipated that the results will be used by the various WEDi SNIP workgroups to help identify additional topics for future white papers to provide guidance to the industry's efforts for mass deployment of the HIPAA electronic transactions. Lastly, survey results will be used to form the basis for input and recommendations to WEDi and other industry organizations, such as ASC X12N. > > > > > > Proposed Initial Survey (each question is multiple choice with an open comment section): > > 1. What type is your organization? > > Select one (1-8) from: > 1. Health Care Plan > 2. Institutional Provider > 3. Physician Provider > 4. Other Provider > 5. Clearinghouse > 6. Software Vendor > 7. Vendor of Other Services > 8. Other (please comment) > > > 2. What high-level stage of testing has your organization begun? > > Select one (1-5) from: > 1. Unit Testing > 2. System Testing > 3. Waiting for Software Vendor or Clearinghouse > 4. Testing with Clearinghouse > 5. Testing with Partners > > > 3. How is your organization generating HIPAA transactions? > > Select (1-4) > 1. Developed home grown EDI translator > 2. Using a clearinghouse > 3. Embedded in third-party application software > 4. Using a translator product > > > 4. What version is your organization implementing? > > Select (1-3) > 1. HIPAA 4010 > 2. Addendum 4010A > 3. Both > > > Please complete if your organization has begun or completed Internal Testing > > 5. Your organization has a written internal testing plan. > > Rating Scale (1-10): > 1 - Strongly Disagree > 5 - Neutral > 10 - Strongly Agree > > > 6. Your organization has no challenges in obtaining/generating test data. > > Rating Scale (1-10): > 1 - Strongly Disagree > 5 - Neutral > 10 - Strongly Agree > > > 7. Your organization has sufficiently skilled, experienced, knowledgeable resources to complete internal testing. > > Rating Scale (1-10): > 1 - Strongly Disagree > 5 - Neutral > 10 - Strongly Agree > > > 8. Rate the mix of employee/consultants on your testing team. > > Rating Scale (1-10) > 1 - All employees > 5 - Half employees / consultants > 10 - All consultants > > > Please complete if your organization has begun External Testing > > 9. Your organization have a written external testing plan. > > Rating Scale (1-10): > 1 - Strongly Disagree > 5 - Neutral > 10 - Strongly Agree > > > 10. Your organization has sufficiently skilled, experienced, knowledgeable resources to complete external testing. > > Rating Scale (1-10): > 1 - Strongly Disagree > 5 - Neutral > 10 - Strongly Agree > > > 11. Are you requiring your partners to implement your companion guides? > > A Companion Guide is typically produced by a payer. The document gives advice to providers on how to pass its application systems. Per the Implementation Guides, these "partner specific edits" should not be used to reject HIPAA EDI but gives advice to successfully pass application edits. > > Select one (1-3) from: > 1. Do not have companion guides > 2. Have companion guides but do not require adoption > 3. Have companion guides and require adoption > > > 12. What percentage of your partners require implementation of companion guides? > > Select one (1-10) from: > 1 - 10% > 5 - 50% > 10 - 100% > > > 13. Do you require a Trading Partner Agreement (TPA) with each partner? > > A Trading Partner Agreement is a legal document that describes the business conditions on conducting electronic commerce between partners. It typically does not describe testing requirements however it may insist compliance to a companion guide. > > Select only one (from 1-4) from: > 1 - Do not require a TPA > 2 - Require TPA without testing requirements > 3 - Require TPA with testing requirements > 4 - Require TPA only for specific transactions > > > 14. What percentage of your partners require Trading Partner Agreements? > > Select one (1-10) from: > 1 - 10% > 5 - 50% > 10 - 100% > > > > > > > > --- > 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. 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