I hope so -- my kudos to the Work Group too. In the meantime, will the OMB ever get off their **** and publish the Addenda final rule for the Addenda before it's too late?
The opinions expressed here are my own and not necessarily the opinion of LCMH. Douglas M. Webb Computer System Engineer Little Company of Mary Hospital & Health Care Centers [EMAIL PROTECTED] "This electronic message may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) and entity(s) named as recipients in the message. If you are not an intended recipient of the message, please notify the sender immediately, delete the material from any computer, do not deliver, distribute, or copy this message, and do not disclose its contents or take action in reliance on the information it contains. Thank you." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Root" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WEDI SNIP Transactions Workgroup List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 02:30 PM Subject: Re: 835 > The Claim Acknowledgement/Acceptance report/Error report (it has many names) is not >a HIPAA transaction. Therefore, payers may use whatever they wish to electronically >acknowledge a claim (which, as any provider who has sent claims through multiple >clearinghouses knows, is a real pain!). I think there is a movement affot to include >the 277 Front-end Acknowledgement (as we call it here) in the next round of required >HIPAA transactions. It's a nifty transaction if I do say so myself! (good job Work >Group!) We're beginning to use it here in Utah and the providers love it. The Utah >Insurance Department has adopted it as the Utah > State Standard for the claim acknowledgement transaction. > > Jan Root > UHIN > > Matthew Fuller wrote: > > > I have a carrier who is using the 277 as an "acceptance" report to my > > 837. Is that allowed? > > > > Thanks > > Matthew Fuller > > MMRI > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rachel Foerster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 2:12 PM > > To: WEDI SNIP Transactions Workgroup List > > Subject: RE: RE: 835 > > > > My opinion is that in order to receive a 277 response the provider must > > first submit a 276 request. Furthermore, if the provider submits a 276 > > request the payer is obligated to respond with a 277. Same goes for the > > 270/271. > > > > Rachel Foerster > > Principal > > Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. > > Professionals in Health Care EDI > > 39432 North Avenue > > Beach Park, IL 60099 > > Voice: 847-872-8070 > > Fax: 847-872-6860 > > eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.rfa-edi.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Costello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 11:28 AM > > To: WEDI SNIP Transactions Workgroup List > > Cc: WEDI SNIP Transactions Workgroup List > > Subject: Re: RE: 835 > > > > So are you implying that whichever method is chosen to send an > > eligibility benefit inquiry or a claim status inquiry is the same method > > that must be used in the respective responses? > > > > What is a provider calls a health plan inquiring about a claim, and for > > whatever reason, wants the response via a 277 transaction - is this > > acceptable? > > > > Thanks, > > Paul > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Marcallee Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thursday, February 6, 2003 5:50 am > > Subject: RE: 835 > > > > > Hi Jim, > > > > > > The 837 and 835 are not paired transactions like the 270/271 or > > > 276/277. A provider may conduct whichever HIPAA transaction it > > > chooses with a payer and > > > is not required (by HIPAA) to conduct electronic claims in order > > > to receive > > > an electronic ERA. > > > > > > Marcallee Jackson > > > Director, Healthcare Solutions > > > Edifecs, Inc. > > > Office 562-438-6613 > > > Cell: 714-865-5059 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Burke, James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 5:37 AM > > > To: WEDI SNIP Transactions Workgroup List > > > Subject: 835 > > > > > > If a provider sends claims as paper to a payer, can the provider > > > request an 835? Does a provider have to send an 837 to get an 835 > > > back? > > > > > > Jim Burke > > > EDI Programmer Analyst > > > Healthlink > > > 12443 Olive Boulevard > > > St. Louis, MO 63141 > > > (314)-989-6413 Phone > > > (314)989-6643 Fax > > > > > > ~*~ So long for just awhile ~*~ > > > -Jack Buck > > > > > > > > > --- > > > The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. > > > The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the > > > individualparticipants, 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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