Closing in on 120 Days and Counting Until January 2011 Target Testing for Version 5010
Health care providers, health plans, clearinghouses and vendors should be finished with their internal testing of the Version 5010 HIPAA electronic health care transaction standards by the first recommended deadline for internal testing, December 31, 2010, and be ready to start testing with their external partners, beginning in January 2011, just about four months away. Beginning January 2011, CMS' Medicare Fee-for-Service program will be ready to test Version 5010 transaction standards with its external partners, and other industry segments should be poised to follow suit. This recommended external testing start date will give the industry adequate time to ensure that their Version 5010 transactions are being conducted correctly, in preparation for mandatory Version 5010 compliance by January 1, 2012. Don't fall behind on this important testing process. Make sure you communicate with your external partners about your Version 5010 testing plans. Incorporate your Version 5010 testing messages into your existing communication vehicles, including website links, customer service encounters, etc., to let everyone know when you will be ready to start testing Version 5010 transactions with them. Keep Up to Date on Version 5010 and ICD-10. Please visit www.cms.gov/icd10 for the latest news and sign up NOW for Version 5010 and ICD-10 e-mail updates! Version 5010 and ICD-10 are coming. Will you be ready? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a FFS provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Lis tservs.pdf) . If you received this message as part of the All FFS Providers listserv, you are currently subscribed to one of eighteen Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listservs. If you would like to be removed from all NIH listservs, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/LISTSERV_WEB/signoff.htm) to unsubscribe. If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/show_list_archives) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ContactCMS). Thank you.
