Kepa, is the "EDI Server" concept one that is in standard usage or is that the part we are proposing to "invent" here? If I understand the MX Record concept correctly, it is essentially a routing table on the DNS server that tells the world the address of a particular machine that is under control of a particular internet domain (i.e., a mail server, a web-server, an SSL server, FTP server, etc.)? If so, would the "EDI Server" also contain something like the MX record... or would it just be one of the things that the DNS server's MX record points to?
Thanks, Chris At 08:36 AM 2/13/02 -0700, Kepa Zubeldia wrote: >Chris, > >Nothing is "automatic", but a provider that designates a clearinghouse as >its delivery point would also designate the clearinghouse as its DNS >server. A provider that has its own "server" acting as its own delivery >point, would have to point its DNS server to the EDI server acting as a >delivery point. > >Same thing happens today with DNS and email. If I want to get my email to >be hosted by my ISP for the domain "kepa.com" then my ISP will also host >my DNS server and will point the MX record of the DNS server for kepa.com >into the ISP's own mail server. If I want to have my own mail server, >either my ISP hosts the DNS for kepa.com and points the MX record to my >own mail server, or I host the DNS myself and point it to my own mail server. > >Since this infrastructure is already in place for MX records, we could as >well use it for EDI also. > >Kepa > > >Christopher J. Feahr, OD wrote: > >>Speaking of semantics, we should figure out a standard term for the DNS >>model that Kepa has suggested. >>Anyway, in that model, if a "small provider" (also needs a definition!) >>is able to send a claim (or anything) directly to a payor using the >>health plan's "smart EDI address"... will this automatically mean that >>the payor will be able to discover the address/route back to the provider >>for 271s, 824s, etc.? (I assume that the 835 will require special >>handling in a provider-payor agreement) >>Does the provider's EDI address automatically get entered into the "DNS >>table" in this proposed model? >>-Chris >>Christopher J. Feahr, OD >>http://visiondatastandard.org >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Cell/Pager: 707-529-2268 Christopher J. Feahr, OD http://visiondatastandard.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell/Pager: 707-529-2268
