Based upon my prior life as an auditor for Medicaid fraud statutes for Medicare and Medicaid require retention of records for six (6) years for normal audits. The retention of the records is for audit purposes, however, if additional information is obtained by an investigating party records more than six years old may be used in a felony proceeding. Bottom line is that if you're doing business with Medicare or Medicaid make sure your records are available at least six years and if you're affliated with Medicare of Medicaid through a contractual arrangement, plan upon possibly being sued and needing far more years worth of information.
Robert C. Pozniak
NYS Department of Health
HIPAA Practice Group
One CSC Way
(518) 257-4511 fax (518) 257-4510
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Art Schenkman
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Subject: Record Retention Requirement
in TCS
03/07/2003 09:52
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Please respond to
Art Schenkman
Is there any regulatory requirement regarding record retention in the TCS
or Privacy regs.� Other than Best Practices, is there any requirement to
retain inbound or outbound files for a specific duration.� My question
pertains to Claims, eligibility and remittance, as well as the other TCS
standard requirements.
[IMAGE]
Art Schenkman
Senior HIPAA Systems Analyst
Schaller Anderson
4645 E. Cotton Center Blvd, Bldg 1, Suite 200
Phoenix, AZ 85040
(602) 659-1241(office)
(602) 659-1379 (fax)
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