I still don't know how BC/BS entities identify themselves if they don't all have NAIC Company codes. Can someone let me know?
But outfits are always merging and acquiring - and our registry and Electronic Partner Profiles (CPP) can easily accommodate these eventualities. There's really no need for cutover dates (at the routing level), since the obsoleted ID can still be searched on to either (1) produce a dummy CPP which in turn points to the surviving entity's CPP, or (2) retrieve the surviving entity's CPP directly (which contains the obsoleted ID as a non-preferred search key). William J. Kammerer Novannet, LLC. +1 (614) 487-0320 ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Frenkel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WEDi/SNIP ID & Routing'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 29 April, 2002 05:43 PM Subject: RE: Fourth National HIPAA Summit: session on Identifiers, EDIAddressing and Routing Not to muddy the waters any more but Trigon BC/BS and Anthem BC/BS announced today they are merging. It will be interesting to see if they completely merge (one payer ID) or are maintained as 2 separate entities (unlikely). There might be issues like payer ID and or Plan ID cutover dates. It will be interesting to watch because there are other mergers in discussions. Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030
