Bob, just a point of clarification on this topic - the record retention requirements you discuss below are **not** HIPAA TCS retention requirements. Rather, they are requirements under Medicare and Medicaid.
Rachel Rachel Foerster Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Voice: 847-872-8070 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rfa-edi.com ################################################################# This transmission may be confidential or protected from disclosure and is only for review and use by the intended recipient. Access by anyone else is unauthorized. Any unauthorized reader is hereby notified that any review, use, dissemination, disclosure or copying of this information, or any act or omission taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately. Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: Robert C. Pozniak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 10:40 PM To: WEDI SNIP Transactions Workgroup List Cc: Anne Romer; WEDI SNIP Transactions Workgroup List Subject: Re: Record Retention Requirement in TCS 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Art Schenkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "WEDI SNIP Transactions Workgroup List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> erson.com> cc: Anne Romer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Record Retention Requirement in TCS 03/07/2003 09:52 AM 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) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (See attached file: image002.jpg) --- 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 --- 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
