RE: CPP and COB [and companion guides]

2002-07-22 Thread David Frenkel
William, Sorry for being so far behind in my emails. You might also include in your IG list W3C XSD schemas which is the preferable (but not only) format GEFEG supports. Thanks. Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030

RE: TA1 responding to non-participating health care providers

2002-05-30 Thread David Frenkel
to stick to paper. Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030 -Original Message- From: Bruce T LeGrand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 8:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE

RE: TA1 responding to non-participating health care providers

2002-05-30 Thread David Frenkel
. Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030 -Original Message- From: Koller, Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 1:56 PM To: 'Mimi Hart'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Koller, Greg; [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Searching on Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Plan Code

2002-05-01 Thread David Frenkel
William, Another minor twist to your last comments about claims being submitted to the local BCBS of the subscriber. Not all BCBS belong to the ITS process where claims are routed between BCBS. There is a possibility a BCBS claim between BCBS could be rejected. Regards, David Frenkel Business

RE: IBM and ebXML

2002-04-19 Thread David Frenkel
Here is another followup story: http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2861785,00.html Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030 -Original Message- From: dalegibbs

RE: Supporting Certification in the Healthcare CPP

2002-04-19 Thread David Frenkel
to political pressure. There has been plenty of discussion of certification but it comes back to the question whom is going to do the certification? Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030 -Original Message- From: William

IBM drops Internet patent bombshell

2002-04-17 Thread David Frenkel
Interesting article about IBM announcement regarding ebXML. http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2861528,00.h tml Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030

RE: Direct Submissions from Providers

2002-04-10 Thread David Frenkel
Doug, What is your guesstimate of the percentage of large providers that do directly send you electronic claims? Maybe use the 80/20 rule, the 80% of your overall claims volume. Thanks. Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425

RE: Routing ID Workgroup Assumption

2002-04-09 Thread David Frenkel
It has also been known to happen that a clearinghouse would send a claim to the wrong payer. What would be the procedure for handling this? Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030 -Original Message- From

RE: How can we treat real time as a secondary issue?

2002-04-03 Thread David Frenkel
might be on this listserv and maybe they can add some comments. Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030 -Original Message- From: William J. Kammerer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:32 AM

RE: Are only 15 characters in the ISA receiver ID enough?

2002-04-02 Thread David Frenkel
on a separate system from their claims. I don't intend to downplay the importance of real time issues but maybe it can be a secondary issue for now. Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030 -Original Message- From

RE: What's the focus?[ID to be used as key to the CPP registry]

2002-03-29 Thread David Frenkel
(AHA). For tax reasons they would probably want to place these fines on the books of the hospitals involved. Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030 -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Feahr, OD [mailto:[EMAIL

FYI - Statistical info

2002-03-28 Thread David Frenkel
. In recent years, the Madison, Wis.-based insurer has added Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota to its Medicare rolls, which in turn has led to a leap in annual claims, from the $840 million it was processing in 1997 to a little more than $7 billion last year. Regards, David Frenkel Business

RE: FYI - Statistical info

2002-03-28 Thread David Frenkel
Rachel, It was mainly just informational but large players often have unique insights and it would be interesting to get their input in these discussions. Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030 -Original Message

RE: What's the focus?

2002-03-28 Thread David Frenkel
An organization can have many FTIN's especially if they are multi-state. Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030 -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Feahr, OD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March

RE: Payers sure do like proprietary provider IDs! Do providers feel the same way?

2002-03-28 Thread David Frenkel
required you to have a DUNS number. Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030 -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Feahr, OD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 9:02 AM To: David Frenkel

RE: Electronic Trading Partner Agreements

2002-02-21 Thread David Frenkel
I spoke to a Fortune 100 company that is sending HIPAA compliant employee benefit enrollments (834) to its health plans. None of the health plans is requiring trading partner agreements (TPA's). Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools

RE: Electronic Trading Partner Agreements

2002-02-20 Thread David Frenkel
Ron, I don't think the TPA process works well today given that every legal department has a different flavor and it is a legal contract. Many legal departments may not want to loose control over this. Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools

RE: Electronic Trading Partner Agreements

2002-02-20 Thread David Frenkel
no shortage of lawyers and it is not an easy comparison to selling donuts. I know of a large medical device company that has a law firm as their HIPAA consultants. Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030 -Original Message

RE: Number of IDs assigned to a provider: Time-out for scope

2002-02-19 Thread David Frenkel
. There is plenty of precedence of congress delegating rule writing authority to federal agencies constitutional or not. Regards, David Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030 -Original Message- From: William J. Kammerer [mailto

RE: clarification on the DNS model

2002-02-15 Thread David Frenkel
Kepa, Roughly 25% of all Americans get assistance from Medicaid or Medicare. As much as Americans want the government out of their lives it is the fabric of our country. Regards, Dave Frenkel Business Development GEFEG USA Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools www.gefeg.com 425-260-5030

Interesting article

2002-01-22 Thread david frenkel
There is an article published by MA Health Data Consortium, 'Internet Would Speed Public Health Response in the event of Bioterrorism' www.mahealthdata.org . It talks about public health reporting 'consistent with HIPAA security and transaction standards'. This SNIP routing effort might have to