RE: PRIVACY - USE OF PHI IN TRAINING

[Young, Brian]

Andrea,   Admittedly my focus is most likely more narrow than yours...  LTC Medicare and Medicaid claim's primarily; the intermediaries I have dealt with so far, do not want blinded data.  They want the "real thing" so that a full testing through their adjudication systems may take place.   In all my years of doing EDI for the LTC market, I have only run into one Intermediary that wanted to use blinded data... and they supplied the test claim data that you had to use.        BCY Brian C. Young Accu-Med Services Inc. An OmniCare Company Milford, OH 45150 513.831.1207 -----Original Message----- From: Zalewski Andrea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:53 AM To: 'Line, Phyllis'; 'Kelly, Lee'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: PRIVACY - USE OF PHI IN TRAINING I agree that this issue also pertains to test data, which is a big issue for me at the moment.  We are also considering scrambling the data, and I would like to be copied on any additional suggestions. -----Original Message----- From: Line, Phyllis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 8:59 AM To: 'Kelly, Lee'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: PRIVACY - USE OF PHI IN TRAINING We too are looking at this issue. We are a health plan and currently use live data for training purposes. The live data is stored in a test region of our system and is periodically updated. One solution we are looking at is to scramble the demographic data such as name, ssn, dependent names, address, etc. before it is loaded to the test region. Although, this does not meet the true definition of de-identification, we feel that it may be a reasonable way to safeguard the PHI. Keep in mind, access to our test region is tightly controlled by user. Only those users who have a need to know have access to the test data. Individuals being trained, using the modified live data, are the same staff that will have access to this information for the purpose of performing the functions of their jobs. In addition, the test data is not shared with any outside entities. I sure would be interested in hearing how others are addressing this question.   Phyllis Line HEREIU Welfare Fund HIPAA Privacy Officer (630)236-5114        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. 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. 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.