Dear EDI-L:
If you are responsible for implementing the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA) transaction sets, DISA and EDI Partners
have an important training opportunity for you. DISA and EDI Partners are
offering a two-day seminar, Introduction to Health Care EDI Standards, at
two times and locations over the summer:
Los Angeles, 20-21 July
Arlington, Va. (Washington, DC area), 17-18 August
The seminar will enable health care professionals and information systems
to identify and discuss key concepts of HIPAA. Participants will also
engage in hands-on exercises involving health care and financial
transactions. The curriculum covers the following topics:
Day one sessions:
1. Introduction to Health Care EDI
This session introduces the basic concepts, components and definitions of
EDI and its usage within the healthcare industry. The session identifies
the benefits of implementation, and the requirements of the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
2. Introduction to Health Care EDI Standards
This session introduces the basic syntax of ANSI X12 standards. The
discussion then focuses on how the ANSI X12 standards form the basis of
the Health Care Implementation guidelines. The discussion focuses on
examples of EDI documentation utilize by the health care industry.
3. Getting Ready for Mapping
This session helps develop an understanding of the logic process required
to master Healthcare EDI implementation. This session steps attendee
through a comprehensive example using the (837) health care industry
professional claim.
4. Continuation of 837 Claim Exercise
This session completes the example that was started during session
3.
5. ANSI X12 Envelopes
This session identifies the detailed content of the EDI envelopes, which
are currently in use. It identifies how these envelopes are used in
different EDI environments. It also stresses how the envelopes assist the
EDI user address audit and control requirements It includes an exercise
in which the participants create an envelope consistent with the claim
exercise. The topic will be presented on day one. The exercise will be
completed at the beginning of day two.
Day two sessions:
1. Envelope Exercise
This session will use the 837 claim exercise and the envelope instruction
developed on day one as the basis of an example of the various layers of
ANSI X12 envelopes.
2. ANSI X12 Acknowledgments
This session provides a detailed description of the documentation of the
functional acknowledgment and the interchange acknowledgment. Several
examples of each are discussed. The session also provides discussion of
how the acknowledgment provides a valuable audit tool.
3. Introduction to Financial EDI
The concepts and definitions used in financial EDI are reviewed, and
distinguished from electronic funds transfer. The concept of PATH is
stressed in this session. Several examples of PATH variations are
discussed. This discussion concludes with a discussion of the barriers to
implementation of financial EDI.
4. Remittance Advice for Health Care
This session is a working session. Attendees are lead through an exercise
using Health Care Implementation Guidelines, to develop the structure of
the 835 transaction set.
5. Advanced Health Care EDI Topics
This session will cover three advanced topics on Health Care EDI. First
we will discuss how to request changes or enhancements to the HIPAA
implementation guides. Second we will review the Electronic Healthcare
Network Accreditation Commission's (EHNAC) Standard Transaction Format
Compliance System, which you can use to test your transaction to see if
they are compliant with the HIPAA implementation guides. Lastly we will
discuss technologies you can use to secure your transmissions over the
Internet.
Participants who successfully complete this seminar may earn 1.5 CEU
credits.
Cost: Member: $765.00, Non-Member: $850.00
Members of ASC, ISO/TC 154 U.S. TAG, ISO/IEC JTC SC32 U.S. TAG are
eligible for member fee.
For more information and to register online, see or contact Ginger Smith,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]/703-837-6186.
http://www.disa.org/disa/Seminars/SeminarInformation.cfm?intViewSeminar=20
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Lisa D. Clowers
Vice President, Public Affairs
Data Interchange Standards Association (DISA)
333 John Carlyle Street
Suite 600
Alexandria, VA 22314
(p) 703-518-4176
(f) 703-548-5738
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.disa.org
