> When VANs stop charging by the kc (or go away) or when your local 800lb
> gorilla decides to change, that's when XML will replace X12 or EDIFACT or
> any other standard. XML can be EDI, EDI can be XML, but not all dogs are
> poodles.
True enough.
But...
One of the versions of an Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act before the U.S.
Congress includes a provision that the Secretary of the HHS shall (not
"may") issue new regulations concerning the implementation of standard
transactions pursuant to the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act ("The HIPAA"), such regulations to be based on ANSI ASC
X12 *version 5*.
Why the US Congress would think it has so much as a clue about technical
standards - especially considering the 'regular' process of posting for
public comments worked really well when the original regulations were issued
in 2000 - is a mystery (Ok, so it's not a mystery ... some lobbyist(s) no
doubt for some IT company (companies) 'suggested' the text to some Hill
staffer(s))... but I would not be totally suprised to see some totally
"innocuous" paragraph inserted in some other 4,000 page bill requiring
XML-based standard transactions.. perhaps only for the government's own
Medicare program.. but if you want to talk about 364-kg simians, Medicare is
definitely that in health care.
Michael C. Mattias
Tal Systems Inc.
Racine WI
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