On January 1, 2012, all HIPAA1 covered entities are required to use the adopted ASC X12 Version 5010 (Version 5010) standard for electronic health care transactions, known as the ASC X12 Type 3 Technical Reports (TR3) or implementation guides.
Even though Version 5010 has not yet been implemented, the work of the standards organization is ongoing. At this time, ASC X12 is giving stakeholders an opportunity to review and comment on the Version 5010 implementation guide so that modifications can be made for the next version -- 6020. Stakeholder input and consensus is critical, to ensure that the standards meet the needs of all who use them, and to increase the use of electronic commerce in health care. We encourage all interested parties and stakeholders to submit recommendations for improvements to X12. Revision requests and recommendations should be submitted through the Designated Standard Maintenance Organization (DSMO) website, http://www.hipaa-dsmo.org . The deadline to submit revision requests for the ASC X12 005010 TR3 is February 4, 2011. It is imperative to have all comments submitted by this deadline for them to be considered in the development of Version 6020. Please share this notification with others in your own association or network as soon as possible. While we encourage stakeholders to respond to X12's request and participate in the standards process to the fullest extent feasible, this notification is not an indication of our intent to adopt Version 6020 at this time. New versions of standards must complete the Standard Development Organization' (SDO) balloting processing, be considered and recommended by the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), and then adopted through the notice and public comment rulemaking process before they can be adopted as HIPAA standards. For more information, please visit: http://www.x12.org/TR3ChangeRequest http://www.hipaa-dsmo.org 1 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) December It's a Busy Time of Year. Make each office visit an opportunity to talk with your patients about the importance of getting the seasonal flu vaccination and a one-time pneumococcal vaccination. Remember, Medicare pays for these vaccinations for all beneficiaries with no co-pay or deductible. The seasonal flu and invasive pneumococcal disease kill thousands of people in the United States each year, most of them 65 years of age or older. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also recommends that health care workers and caregivers be vaccinated against the seasonal flu. Protect your patients. Protect your family. Protect yourself. Get Your Flu Vaccine - Not the Flu. Remember - Influenza vaccine plus its administration are covered Part B benefits. Note that influenza vaccine is NOT a Part D covered drug. For information about Medicare's coverage of the influenza vaccine and its administration, as well as related educational resources for health care professionals and their staff, please visit the following CMS websites: http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/Downloads/Flu_Products.pdf and http://www.cms.gov/AdultImmunizations. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Listservs.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX) 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.gov/ContactCMS). Thank you.
