Paul, Yes, the only time a health plan is required, under HIPAA, to send a 271 or a 277 is in response to a 270 or 276 transaction from the provider, respectively.
Margaret Murphey (206)268-2348 -----Original Message----- From: Paul Costello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 3:51 PM To: WEDI SNIP Transactions Workgroup List Cc: WEDI SNIP Transactions Workgroup List Subject: Re: RE: 835 I do not want to beat a dead horse here, but I would argue that the situation I described in not an unsolicited 271, but rather a solicited 271 in which the method of response is different than the method of inquiry. So are you saying that the only time a 271 or 277 would be sent is if each was preceeded by a 270 and 276, respectively? I would agree that 99% of the time the method used in the inquiry would be the same (and preferred) method used in the response. So I guess the real question is this: Does a health plan have to have the capability to respond to a non 270 or 276 inquiry (e.g., paper, phone, fax) with a HIPAA-compliant 271 or 277? Paul CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. --- 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-transactions 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
