Rachel, Different from ASCA. More technical information, the sort of technical information that two trading partners would need in order to decide whether to start using which HIPAA transactions, which version, and when. They really don't care whether the educational process has started, or how much money is being spent, or some of the other ASCA questions. Just the transaction meat, without "the fixings".
As for completeness... there is no way to assure that. You publish if you want to publish, and only what you want to publish. And you publish it yourself, so there is zero administration. Then we can make it free. If you say you are going to be ready to receive 837s on October 1, 2002, and you are not ready on that date, you should change your directory entry, otherwise some people may be pointing their data stream at your door and your customer support reps will get more calls than usual on this topic. How can this be free? Well, if Claredi is going to build it, I would love to get paid for it, but realistically speaking, unless we get some sort of grant from someone (hint :-) I don't think the users would pay for such a thing. Since Claredi already has built the infrastructure to support a directory for publishing the certification of our customers, the "free" database would easily fit into our directory. All we need is a handful of web pages and more disk storage. Even with a couple of million entries in the directory, we don't need a huge amount of storage. The rest of the infrastructure is already in place, including redundant load balanced database servers and all that stuff. The business model is not there yet, I am still thinking about it. If you have some ideas, let me know. Maybe some sort of "shareware" with voluntary contributions? I would like to also hear from those that think this sort of directory should not be built or would not be useful, and why. Kepa On Thursday 18 April 2002 11:04 am, Rachel Foerster wrote: > Kepa, > > I think your "daydream" has value.....and if this daydream is free to those > that want to live in it, all the better! But your daydream has much more > information than what would be found in the ASCA plan, etc. Not that I > don't like your daydream! > > On the other hand, since many vendors and clearinghouses are being > extremely coy about providing any specifics to the customers about their > HIPAA compliance capabilities, this would leave, potentially, a big > information gap.... > > Rachel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kepa Zubeldia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 9:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'dalegibbs'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; david.compas@claredi; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Vendor certification > > > Rachel, > > <daydreaming> > > If I was a payer, I think I would like to not just list the fact that I > have filed for an extension, but I would like to list when I am going to be > ready to accept or send the different transactions, the "tentative" date of > implementation (no guarantees), what version I am implementing (Addenda or > not) and whether I am using a clearinghouse or not. And I would want to > have > the freedom to change these things, including dates, at will without > anybody getting mad at me. I think that by being open about it, the > chances for actually starting to get transactions on the day I am ready > will increase. And it will be clear that I am ready for the 837 on one date > and the 270 on another date. Hopefully the providers can look it up and > reduce my load of customer support calls. > > If I was a provider, I would like to know which of my payers are ready and > when, and what transactions I can do with them. If I have to call their > customer support department just to find out if they can take my > transactions > through the clearinghouse, I don't gain administrative simplification. > Also, > if I am ready to receive unsolicited 277s or 824s (not HIPAA requirements) > or > 835s, perhaps I would want the world to know, so I can start posting those > things automatically. I could call each one of my payers and ask them, but > I > don't have much time to do that. So, perhaps they can look me up in the > directory (automatically?) and start the 835s coming my way. Of course, I > will need to give them my bank account number :-) > > </daydreaming> > > There may be certain value to this sort of information. At least for the > transition time. Not just the fact that they have filed for the ASCA > extension, as I assume that everybody will file for it, but to get some of > the details that will help payers, providers, and clearinghouses make a > smoother transition. > > And, if accessing the directory is free, why not? > > What do you think? > > Kepa > > On Wednesday 17 April 2002 05:35 pm, Rachel Foerster wrote: > > Kepa, > > > > Re ASCA extension request listing.....I'm fuzzy on the value, since one > > is not required to police other CE's in this regard, and also since there > > are extremely strong recommendations that all CE's submit the plan and > > extension request. > > > > What's the value to having this publicly available in your opinion? > > > > Rachel > > Rachel Foerster > > Principal > > Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. > > Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce > > 39432 North Avenue > > Beach Park, IL 60099 > > Phone: 847-872-8070 > > Fax: 847-872-6860 > > http://www.rfa-edi.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kepa Zubeldia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 2:38 PM > > To: dalegibbs; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Vendor certification > > <snip> > > > Now I have a question for the group. Should we offer this directory for > > covered entities to list whether they have applied for an ASCA extension? > > > > Kepa > > To be removed from this list, go to: > http://snip.wedi.org/unsubscribe.cfm?list=business > and enter your email address. > > 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/. > Posting of advertisements or other commercial use of this listserv is > specifically prohibited. -- This email contains confidential information intended only for the named addressee(s). Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by any other person is strictly prohibited. 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