RE: Provider to Provider Messaging

2002-08-25 Thread Rachel Foerster
Wes, Well said - and an excellent informative recap of what's happening in health care apart from HIPAA-land! My personal opinion is that whatever work product results from this group's efforts must support any type of payload consistent with the ebXML MS. Rachel Foerster -Origin

RE: Project Overview draft

2002-08-14 Thread Rachel Foerster
Bruce, I agree with you. Given that, are you making any recommendations for changes to the draft document. I didn't seem to see any? Thanks, Rachel -Original Message- From: Bruce T LeGrand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 9:04 AM To: WEDI/SNIP Listserve Subje

RE: CPP & CPA defined

2002-08-13 Thread Rachel Foerster
col Profile and CPA is a Collaboration Protocol Agreement.   Rachel Foerster -Original Message-From: Hipaa Guru Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 8:03 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: CPP & CPA defined I want to apoligize for my ignorance

RE: 276 routing question, esp. interested in Clearinghouse guru's opinion

2002-08-13 Thread Rachel Foerster
eb site at www.x12.org. Drill down to the X12N pages and then follow the links to the download documents. The first one listed, Introduction to Requirements Management Using the UN/CEFACT Unified Modeling Methodology, is the one I'm referring to. Rachel Foerster -Original Message- Fr

RE: 276 routing question, esp. interested in Clearinghouse guru's opinion

2002-08-13 Thread Rachel Foerster
t for two entities to then reach agreement (CPA) on how they will conduct business electronically. Trying to develop a CPP without first going through the use case analysis and rigorously documenting the results will only result in an incomplete/inaccurate/unusable CPP. Rachel Foerster -Ori

RE: 276 routing question, esp. interested in Clearinghouse guru's opinion

2002-08-09 Thread Rachel Foerster
partners agree on the codes to be used. Rachel Foerster -Original Message- From: Hipaa Guru Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 5:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fw: 276 routing question, esp. interested in Clearinghouse guru's opinion I believe I

RE: Authentication and Access to the Healthcare CPP Registry

2002-07-17 Thread Rachel Foerster
y.it's whether someone makes the payroll at the end of the week or not. A CPP is only one aspect of establishing an electronic messaging interface. Agreeing to it is the other, and the CPA specification from ebXML is what addresses this aspect. Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster &a

RE: CPP and COB [and companion guides]

2002-07-13 Thread Rachel Foerster
up with that perfect all-encompassing CPP isn't realistic nor achievable, in any timeframe. It's much more important to get something simple that can be used quickly so the industry can either see the benefit/value or not and then grow it as needed. Rachel Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster

RE: CPP and COB

2002-07-12 Thread Rachel Foerster
Ken, If I'm not mistaken, the payer-to-payer model is currently what Medicare follows where Medicare processes/adjudicates as primary and then forwards the claim on to the Medigap insurerright? Is the secondary payer (Medigap in this example) be identified in the primary claim submission or t

RE: CPP and COB, was The use of Supplemental IG's

2002-07-06 Thread Rachel Foerster
h a continued discussion of companion documents. These discussions only serve to distract attention from the group's primary goal. Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-8

RE: The use of Supplemental IG's

2002-07-05 Thread Rachel Foerster
they have trading partner agreements to conduct COB. Once such an agreement is in place, a health plan may not refuse to accept and process a COB transaction on the basis that it is a standard transaction." Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI &am

RE: Open-edi, Health Care, ebXML and CPP/A

2002-07-03 Thread Rachel Foerster
t the CPP/A as presently spec's expects that specific business process scenarios, etc. that each of the trading partner's support be identified. The use of process analysis resulting in business scenarios is a critical and essential concept to Open-edi, ebXML and CPP/A. Rachel Foerster P

RE: The use of Supplemental IG's

2002-07-03 Thread Rachel Foerster
oup's list. Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 http://www.rfa-edi.com -Original Message- From: William J. Kammerer [mailto:

RE: The use of Supplemental IG's

2002-07-03 Thread Rachel Foerster
Please excuse my confusion here, but I don't see how the use of companion guides is related to the challenges of addressing and routing. Are we getting off on a non-essential tangent to the primary goal of this group? Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Profess

Open-edi, Health Care, ebXML and CPP/A

2002-07-02 Thread Rachel Foerster
r vision of the future for health information exchanges. Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 http://www.rfa-edi.com discussions on this lis

RE: Non-participating/out of network providers

2002-06-30 Thread Rachel Foerster
s that would be within the realm of solution by an automated health care registry. Rachel Foerster -Original Message- From: William J. Kammerer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 5:24 PM To: WEDi/SNIP ID & Routing Subject: Re: Non-participating/out of network p

Non-participating/out of network providers

2002-06-29 Thread Rachel Foerster
outing of transactions to payers from non-par/out-of-network providers one that should require a lot of analysis/discussion, but rather be put in a "parking lot" for future work effort? Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Comme

RE: Your are invited to HIPPA Transaction Issues and Resolutions Presentation

2002-06-29 Thread Rachel Foerster
Julie, 2pm PST = 4pm CT and 5pm ETalready at the close of business for many people. Julie, I've now seen several messages on this, each with a different time. Could you just lay out all of the details in a single message? Thanks. Rachel -Original Message- From: Julie A. Thompson [ma

RE: Your are invited to HIPPA Transaction Testing Presentation

2002-06-29 Thread Rachel Foerster
Julie, When, where, how, duration, cost? Rachel Foester -Original Message- From: Julie A. Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 12:20 PM To: 'WEDi SNIP 4 (E-mail 3) '; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Cc: Julie A. Thompson Subject: Your are invited to HIPPA Transaction Te

Apologies

2002-06-29 Thread Rachel Foerster
achel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 http://www.rfa-edi.com discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual partici

RE: Transactions Listserve: Unsolicited 277 in response to claim submissions

2002-06-27 Thread Rachel Foerster
070 standard to be replied to any claim with adjudication issues. This will be re-clarified in a NJ meeting next month. Please redirect any other questions to X12 Insurance TG2 WG5 or to me directly, if applicable. Dominic Saroni Associate Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI &

RE: Transactions Listserve: Unsolicited 277 in response to claim submissions

2002-06-27 Thread Rachel Foerster
uire a 277 Unsolicited v3070 standard to be replied to any claim with adjudication issues. This will be re-clarified in a NJ meeting next month. Please redirect any other questions to X12 Insurance TG2 WG5 or to me directly, if applicable. Dominic Saroni Associate Rachel Foerster & A

RE: Transactions Listserve: Unsolicited 277 in response to claim submissions

2002-06-26 Thread Rachel Foerster
ng up. Out of scope! Rachel Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 http://www.rfa-edi.com -Original Message- From: William J. Kammerer [ma

RE: Vendor communications guidelines

2002-06-26 Thread Rachel Foerster
Dave, The prohibition against posting commercial messages already exists for all WEDi SNIP lists. Rachel -Original Message- From: Dave Minch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 5:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Vendor communications g

RE: I'm not sure we really need exotic business models at all

2002-06-25 Thread Rachel Foerster
William, I don't think that Dave was advocating "exotic" business modelsjust recognizing that one needs to have a starting point for developing a roadmap to another point. For example, if you were going to put an addition on your home you most likely would start with a model (the blueprint) o

RE: HIMSS News Health Care Goes Digital Doctors and hospitals find they can't stay offline any longer

2002-06-24 Thread Rachel Foerster
William, Since as the lead of this work group you've already personally contacted the other organizations you mentioned, I think it's only appropriate that you continue this role with HIMSS or any other group with which it makes sense. http://www.himss.org Rachel Foerster Princi

RE: HIMSS News Health Care Goes Digital Doctors and hospitals find they can't stay offline any longer

2002-06-24 Thread Rachel Foerster
f the NHII. However, interoperability and connectivity are central to both a NHII and HIPAA. What I am advocating is an effort to reach out to HIMSS and its membership for greater participation and input into this group's efforts rather than ignore or downplay such an influential group. Rachel

HIMSS News Health Care Goes Digital Doctors and hospitals find they can't stay offline any longer

2002-06-20 Thread Rachel Foerster
t health-care information-technology priority over the next two years, up from 64% the previous year. Using technology to promote patient safety and reduce medical errors was the second most-pressing information-technology issue identified by respondents, now and for the next two years." Ra

RE: The payer centric model

2002-06-14 Thread Rachel Foerster
And round and round the mulberry bush we go! Making the payer-centric mailbox model go away or even enabling it to go away is not the objective of this group. Rachel Rachel Foerster Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Phone: 847-872-8070 -Original Message- From: William J. Kamm

RE: An Overview or Primer Document

2002-06-13 Thread Rachel Foerster
Ahh, Paul.we used to call it a "technology in search of a market!" Good point. Rachel Foerster Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Phone: 847-872-8070 -Original Message- From: Paul Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 11:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROT

RE: HIPAA Privacy, Security and the Intersection with EDI

2002-06-13 Thread Rachel Foerster
, via their professional associations and a well organized SMP-data content committee. The startup capital and initial outreach/education, however, should probably come from the payor and DSMO communities... so that it happens quickly. Meanwhile, his group should continue working on our assignment, a

RE: An Overview or Primer Document

2002-06-12 Thread Rachel Foerster
by the CPP and the Registry will make that at all possible. Thanks again, William J. Kammerer Novannet, LLC. Columbus, US-OH 43221-3859 +1 (614) 487-0320 - Original Message - From: "Rachel Foerster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WEDi/SNIP ID & Routing'" <[E

RE: digital certificates for access to CPP repository

2002-06-12 Thread Rachel Foerster
icates for access to CPP repository If authentication is in place then there should be no need to worry about "digital certificates for access to CPP repository." Rachel Foerster wrote: > > Oh Lordy, Lordy! Are we going down a rabbit hole with Alice or what! I > understand auth

HIPAA Privacy, Security and the Intersection with EDI

2002-06-12 Thread Rachel Foerster
Fact 1:    Almost all (if not all) of the currently mandated HIPAA EDI transactions contain protected health information   Fact 2:    Today's business model supports and enables protected health information to be stored redundantly by many intermediaries between a health care provider and p

RE: digital certificates for access to CPP repository

2002-06-11 Thread Rachel Foerster
Oh Lordy, Lordy! Are we going down a rabbit hole with Alice or what! I understand authentication is part of the CPA spec, but how is this relevant to getting the industry up and running with EDI by the HIPAA compliance dates? Rachel -Original Message- From: joe mcverry [mailto:[EMAIL PRO

RE: An Overview or Primer Document

2002-06-11 Thread Rachel Foerster
on-Protocol Profile (CPP) can accommodate your request. Thanks for the suggestion. William J. Kammerer Novannet, LLC. Columbus, US-OH 43221-3859 +1 (614) 487-0320 - Original Message - From: "Rachel Foerster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WEDi/SNIP ID & Routing'&qu

RE: An Overview or Primer Document

2002-06-11 Thread Rachel Foerster
a problem not yet defined that any of the vendors could evaluate and incorporate into their solutions offerings? I'm all for being a visionarybut a vision without a starting point is just a wish. Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI &a

RE: registry and repository- version control

2002-06-05 Thread Rachel Foerster
about how this info is managed locally by the interchange senders? The obvious advantage of aligning our repository structure with a standard local user's "address book" would be auto-updating ability. -Chris At 10:24 PM 6/4/02 -0500, Rachel Foerster wrote: >Chris, > >

RE: registry and repository

2002-06-05 Thread Rachel Foerster
focused on the registry component. I believe Dave Minch is inquiring about standard structures or templates that might be evolving in OASIS for all or part of the CPP-repository. Are you aware of anything like this, Rachel? Regards, Chris At 10:24 PM 6/4/02 -0500, Rachel Foerster wrote: >Chri

RE: registry and repository

2002-06-05 Thread Rachel Foerster
usuable by different industry segments. NIST would like to field a test registry for WEDI/SNIP CPPs. --lisa carnahan NIST (301)975-3362 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting Rachel Foerster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Chris, > > My immediate first-read impression is that this is a good approach.

RE: registry and repository

2002-06-04 Thread Rachel Foerster
hcare could tap into using it. Rachel Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 http://www.rfa-edi.com -Original Message- From: Christopher

RE: TA1 responding to non-participating health care providers

2002-05-31 Thread Rachel Foerster
it return to sender? I bet not! That envelope is passed to another activity that performs certain levels of validation, like opening the envelope, examing the content, and making some determination as to what to do with the content. Rachel Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associate

RE: TA1 responding to non-participating health care providers

2002-05-31 Thread Rachel Foerster
rmore, keep in mind that Wal*Mart's in-store pharmacies are providers. Thus, this function of Wal*Mart is now a covered entity under HIPAA and as such, Wal*Mart will have to determine its compliance strategy. Rachel Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Profes

RE: TA1 responding to non-participating health care providers

2002-05-31 Thread Rachel Foerster
tification and routing so that point 4 can be accomplishedand tick tock, tick tockthe clock is ticking and time is running out! Rachel Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone:

RE: Open Portals and "Blind Trust"

2002-05-31 Thread Rachel Foerster
William, Well said! Rachel -Original Message- From: William J. Kammerer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 6:15 PM To: WEDi/SNIP ID & Routing Subject: Open Portals and "Blind Trust" Clearinghouses could have taken care of trust issues between payers and "unknown"

RE: TA1 responding to non-participating health care providers

2002-05-30 Thread Rachel Foerster
reserve the right to not load data into our system that is coming from a submitter (which may be a provider) we don't know. And 5... We process it (provided we can identify the provider). _ Martin A. Morrison -Original Message- From: Rachel Foerster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

RE: Trading Partner ID

2002-05-30 Thread Rachel Foerster
Code 40 in NM108 specifies receiver Code 41 in NM108 specifies submitter   Since these two terms can be somewhat ambiguous and interpretable I very early on in this work group's efforts recommended that a glossary be developed which provided specific unambiguous definitions to terms.   For

RE: TA1 responding to non-participating health care providers

2002-05-29 Thread Rachel Foerster
... We process it (provided we can identify the provider). _ Martin A. Morrison -Original Message- From: Rachel Foerster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 9:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: TA1 responding to non-participating health care providers

RE: Trading Partner ID

2002-05-29 Thread Rachel Foerster
g different. I assume that by your "...but..." you are not in favor of retaining that original functionality (I apologize if I have misread that point). I believe that eliminating the "Application" capability from the GS would be a mistake. Bob &

RE: Trading Partner ID

2002-05-29 Thread Rachel Foerster
Bob, You are correct in your description and conclusion about the GS sender/receiver codes. In their first incarnation in the first X12 standard, they were envisioned to be identifiers for the two party's application systemsbut their use has morphed, as one would expect over time. Rachel -

RE: TA1 responding to non-participating health care providers

2002-05-29 Thread Rachel Foerster
ut we didn't. If we assume, now, that it's just a matter of opening all the spigots, I'm afraid we'll all drown. _ Martin A. Morrison -Original Message- From: Rachel Foerster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 4:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: TA1 responding to non-participating health care providers

2002-05-28 Thread Rachel Foerster
d or used by the health plan (for example, coordination of benefits information). (4) A health plan may not offer an incentive for a health care provider to Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, I

RE: CPP Data elements draft for comment

2002-05-11 Thread Rachel Foerster
g the user or the marketplace wants, needs, or will accept. And lastly, without such a roadmap, it's impossible to manage/lead a project that achieves the goal of the project to any successful conclusion within any acceptable timeframe. Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & A

RE: CPP Data elements draft for comment

2002-05-10 Thread Rachel Foerster
erty and Casualty or Worker's compensation X12N transactions? Or were you thinking of the supply chain side of Health Care? William J. Kammerer Novannet, LLC. Columbus, US-OH 43221-3859 +1 (614) 487-0320 ----- Original Message - From: "Rachel Foerster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: CPP Data elements draft for comment

2002-05-09 Thread Rachel Foerster
ess him - has even been futzing with a UML diagram; see http://www.novannet.com/wedi/Healthcare_CPP_Model.jpg. Developing the spreadsheet is an integral part of enumerating requirements: what's the problem? William J. Kammerer Novannet, LLC. +1 (614) 487-0320 - Original Message - From: "Rachel F

RE: CPP Data elements draft for comment

2002-05-07 Thread Rachel Foerster
: WEDI/SNIP Listserve Subject: Re: CPP Data elements draft for comment - Original Message - From: Rachel Foerster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Developing a requirements documenthow novel! What is really novel here is asking USERS (in this case, user=software developer) what they need.

RE: CPP Data elements draft for comment

2002-05-07 Thread Rachel Foerster
02 6:35 PM To: 'WEDI/SNIP Listserve' Subject: Re: CPP Data elements draft for comment - Original Message - From: Rachel Foerster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: CPP Data elements draft for comment > If this group starts delving into the data of the various HIPAA transacti

RE: CPP Data elements draft for comment

2002-05-07 Thread Rachel Foerster
n gathering", which will then be used to reshuffle sections and fields. Sorry about that. I'll be more careful commenting next time. Ajay -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rachel Foerster Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 9:33 PM To: '

RE: CPP Data elements draft for comment

2002-05-06 Thread Rachel Foerster
/required by a trading partner. Furthermore, the scope of this effort should not be limited to the HIPAA transactions, but serve all of health care. Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Ph

RE: CPP Data elements draft for comment

2002-05-06 Thread Rachel Foerster
Developing a requirements documenthow novel! Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 http://www.rfa-edi.com -Original Message- From

RE: FW: Article

2002-05-04 Thread Rachel Foerster
provided the > service they are billing for.. Guess that is fraud the same way we > have it right now > > -Original Message- > From: Rachel Foerster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 4:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'WEDi/SNIP ID & Routing' >

RE: Medicare says 'no' to using the open internet

2002-05-03 Thread Rachel Foerster
ernet. Among the requirements that would be removed would be the HIPAA requirement for encryption. (Hopefully, this note will be close or will stimulate someone telling us what the real situation is.) -Original Message- From: Rachel Foerster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 0

RE: FW: Article

2002-05-03 Thread Rachel Foerster
hat's new at the Beech! www.beechstreet.com <http://www.beechstreet.com/>   -Original Message- From: Rachel Foerster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 1:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'WEDi/SNIP ID & Routing' Subject: RE: FW: Article David, Int

RE: FW: Article

2002-05-03 Thread Rachel Foerster
David, Interesting letter from the AHA to HHS. A thorough reading of the letter makes clear that what the AHA is asking HHS to do is declare a HIPAA-compliant claim as a "clean" claim and thereby kicking in many states' prompt payment acts for clean claims. To date none of the state prompt pay ac

RE: Medicare says 'no' to using the open internet

2002-05-03 Thread Rachel Foerster
William, I think it's a bit misleading to state that CMS refusal to use the internet. Below is the HCFA Internet Policy statement of 1998. Unless some official pronouncement from CMS states otherwise, I've also inserted below the current FAQ from CMS' web site re their Internet policy. Rachel =

RE: Medicare says 'no' to using the open internet

2002-05-03 Thread Rachel Foerster
Wes, et al, I would agree that the need to be able to specify a variety of transport methods and protocols goes beyond just what CMS requiresbut it's incorrect to presume that CMS prohibits the use of the Internet. See my other post with CMS' current Internet policies. Rachel -Original

RE: Searching on Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Plan Code

2002-04-30 Thread Rachel Foerster
ivate network for the Blues. Rachel Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 http://www.rfa-edi.com -Original Message- From: William J. Kammerer [

RE: Data Elements for the WEDI-SNIP-CPP

2002-04-22 Thread Rachel Foerster
e., the meat of the CPP record)? ... that they are essentially focused on the business transactions that would take place AFTER the trading partners had established solid, 2-way connection? Thanks, Chris At 12:06 PM 4/21/02 -0500, Rachel Foerster wrote: >Chris, > >The "left field&qu

RE: Data Elements for the WEDI-SNIP-CPP

2002-04-22 Thread Rachel Foerster
d take place AFTER the trading partners had established solid, 2-way connection? Thanks, Chris At 12:06 PM 4/21/02 -0500, Rachel Foerster wrote: >Chris, > >The "left field" I was referring to was the UBL reference, etc. since UBL's >focus is "to define a common XML librar

RE: Data Elements for the WEDI-SNIP-CPP

2002-04-21 Thread Rachel Foerster
y mark up the draft copy. I see a need to move this effort to a more organized level, starting with drafts of: 1. Mission and requirements list 2. Definitions of terms used in "addressing and routing" 3. Proposed data elements for the CPP record Thanks, -Chris At 04:42 PM 4/20/02 -050

RE: Data Elements for the WEDI-SNIP-CPP

2002-04-21 Thread Rachel Foerster
[X12] to more automated means of setting up Business relationships 418 and doing Business under them. 419 -Chris At 04:42 PM 4/20/02 -0500, Rachel Foerster wrote: >The X12 transaction is the 838 Trading Partner Profile. > >I don't know that it informed any of the work that resulte

RE: Basic thoughts on ebXML's relationship to this project

2002-04-21 Thread Rachel Foerster
Chris, A few thoughts/comments inserted inline to yours below. Rachel -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Feahr, OD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 9:40 PM To: William J. Kammerer; WEDi/SNIP ID & Routing Cc: Rishel,Wes Subject: Basic thoughts on ebXML's rel

RE: Fourth National HIPAA Summit: session on Identifiers, EDI Addressing and Routing

2002-04-21 Thread Rachel Foerster
As a side note, Peter, I, Kepa and others also put together a full day pre-conference session at the HIPAA Summit West II in San Francisco in March. All of that Summit's presenter material, plus previous summits, and the up-coming summit, is made available for download at no cost at http://www.hi

RE: Data Elements for the WEDI-SNIP-CPP

2002-04-20 Thread Rachel Foerster
ore of the CPP done first. Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 http://www.rfa-edi.com -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Feahr, O

RE: Supporting Certification in the Healthcare CPP

2002-04-19 Thread Rachel Foerster
d is just plain invalid. Rachel Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 http://www.rfa-edi.com -Original Message- From: David Frenkel [mailto:

FW: IBM's IP statement to OASIS

2002-04-19 Thread Rachel Foerster
More on the continuing saga of ebXML, CPP/A specs and IBM's patent. Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 http://ww

RE: FW: IBM patents issue response (from ebXML JCC)

2002-04-19 Thread Rachel Foerster
l 19, 2002 9:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WEDi SNIP 4 (E-mail 3) Subject: Re: FW: IBM patents issue response (from ebXML JCC) Rachel, Can we safely conclude that this fire has been put out by IBM's statement? -Chris 18/02 -0500, Rachel Foerster wrote: >More on ebXML. > >Rache

FW: [ebxml-dev] IBM's IP statement to OASIS

2002-04-18 Thread Rachel Foerster
FYI Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 http://www.rfa-edi.com -Original Message- From: Martin W Sachs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

FW: IBM patents issue response (from ebXML JCC)

2002-04-18 Thread Rachel Foerster
More on ebXML. Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 http://www.rfa-edi.com -Original Message- From: James Bryce Clark [mailt

FW: [ebxml-dev] Anyone else rather perturbed by IBM's recent announcement....

2002-04-18 Thread Rachel Foerster
f X12. Rachel Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 http://www.rfa-edi.com -Original Message- From: Scott Nieman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] S

RE: IBM ebXML patent claim

2002-04-18 Thread Rachel Foerster
Kepa, Peter, et al, This could be.it will be interesting to see how IBM follows through on this. The howls are extremely loud on the ebXML and UN/CEFACT lists. Rachel -Original Message- From: Kepa Zubeldia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 6:51 PM To: [EMAIL

ebXML Register in Beta Release

2002-04-13 Thread Rachel Foerster
FYI, Rachel Foerster Hong Kong university starts test ebXML registry http://www.technewslit.com/news/S20020412_02.html 12 April 2002 -- The Center for E-Commerce Infrastructure Development (CECID), at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) announced this week the availability of an OASIS ebXML v2

RE: Who am I? Sender, Receiver, Intermediary, or just plain Chump?

2002-04-11 Thread Rachel Foerster
Michael, Right on! Rachel -Original Message- From: Michael Mattias/Tal Systems [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 9:30 AM To: WEDI/SNIP Listserve Subject: RE: Who am I? Sender, Receiver, Intermediary, or just plain Chump? I have followed this thread with some int

RE: Who am I? Sender, Receiver, Intermediary, or just plain Chump?

2002-04-11 Thread Rachel Foerster
So, what's new here. The only valid and allowed ISA sender/receiver identifiers are those specified in the HIPAA guides. Get over it, and get on with it. It seems to me the issue that should be addressed is not which coding system the identifier is from, but rather the function that identifier sh

RE: A proposed work plan for this group

2002-04-11 Thread Rachel Foerster
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 11:16 AM To: Rachel Foerster Subject: Re: A proposed work plan for this group Don't we really get to start fresh considering that most providers haven't done EDI at all? Even Dave Minch's hospital group is new to EDI, so can

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

2002-04-11 Thread Rachel Foerster
Ron, while I don't disagree with your comments in general, keep in mind that nowhere in the HIPAA guides is the ISA sender or receiver identified as any other party than the provider or the payer. Nothing in the guides, which is what the industry must use, indicates that the ISA sender or receiver

A proposed work plan for this group

2002-04-06 Thread Rachel Foerster
mpleted by May 3rd. During May the recommendations/specifications/guidance document can be developed...I would certainly expect that the final draft of this document could be completed by the end of May. Comments? Rachel Foerster Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Phone: 847-872-8070 -Original

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

2002-04-05 Thread Rachel Foerster
nterchange envelopes follow as well. Rachel Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 http:/www.rfa-edi.com -Original Message- From: Chri

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

2002-04-04 Thread Rachel Foerster
Peter's paper can be downloaded from http://www.hipaasummit.com/pastwest2/agenda/index.html Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 http:/ww

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

2002-04-04 Thread Rachel Foerster
industry to become operationalwhich is not October, 2003, by the way -- but April of 2003 as required by ASCA. What do you think? Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-

RE: What's the focus?

2002-03-28 Thread Rachel Foerster
I'm not sure I understand why the primary focus is only on identifying providers.? I saw nothing in the original business case document that limited the effort to providers only. Rachel Foerster Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Phone: 847-872-8070 -Original Message- From

What's the focus?

2002-03-28 Thread Rachel Foerster
k it's quite irrelevant to the goal of this work group to get too wrapped around the axle about various identification systems. Rather, shouldn't the focus be on the "functional use" of the identifier in the ISA as the key to discovering the detailed EDI addressing information? R

What's the focus?

2002-03-28 Thread Rachel Foerster
for EDI Addressing of EDI interchanges"   Folks, where are we on the objective for this work group? If the objective is neither 1 or 2, then what is it?   Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Bea

RE: FYI - Statistical info

2002-03-28 Thread Rachel Foerster
David, I too saw this article today, and it does have some interesting information. However, I'm not at all clear on how you feel this article ties into the focus for this list. Can you draw the link for me? Thanks, Rachel Foerster Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Phone: 847

RE: HIN numbers: I'll show you mine if you show me yours....

2002-03-27 Thread Rachel Foerster
n and animal health care for a variety of needs to uniquely identify a given entity or a logical department within a given entity. Get off of it, get over it, and move on! And can the continual caustic comments. They're not contributing to the identification of any solutions. Rachel Foerster Princi

RE: HIN numbers: I'll show you mine if you show me yours....

2002-03-26 Thread Rachel Foerster
facturing, SCAC codes for transport, or even Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S numbers. William J. Kammerer Novannet, LLC. +1 (614) 487-0320 - Original Message - From: "Rachel Foerster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WEDi/SNIP ID & Routing'" <[EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: More Stuff and Questions on Routing Identifiers

2002-03-26 Thread Rachel Foerster
se the HIN without paying the appropriate fees could be in violation of various copyright and trademark rights. This is the reason that I provided you with fictictious examples, etc. of the HIN in response to your earlier request to me. Rachel Rachel Foerster Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Phone

RE: Medicare and Medicaid paper claims

2002-03-22 Thread Rachel Foerster
their provider contracting. Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 -Original Message- From: Noel, Keith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent

RE: Discovery of WEDi/SNIP CPPs using the OASIS ebXML Registry

2002-03-21 Thread Rachel Foerster
mated means of finding a partner's profile - and make what had been done manually now automatic, all without upsetting already in-place systems. William J. Kammerer Novannet, LLC. +1 (614) 487-0320 - Original Message - From: "Rachel Foerster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WE

FW: Four Vendors Complete ebXML Messaging vs 2.0 Interoperability Pilot

2002-03-20 Thread Rachel Foerster
FYI... Also keep in mind that the ebXML MS specification fully supports all required security capabilities, such as encryption, etc. Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone:

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