Cindy, I would recommend an intermediate system with low cost to translate in and out of your current legacy systems. Their sometimes called "wrappers" so you can use the current system and populate with data as needed to run your current legacy apps. Call me if you'd like more information off line.
Michelle Shores, President, EMSi, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.MergeCare.com 404-892-9688 -----Original Message----- From: Joe Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 8:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Question on Legacy Systems Although I don't recall where I saw it, I have also read something on the fact HIPAA does not require that you modify your legacy system. You are only required to be in position to send and receive standard transactions. After you receive the transaction, you can translate the transaction into whatever format you need for your legacy processing. You do, however, have to maintain the capability of recreating the standard transaction. Cindy Nielsen wrote: > We are currently planning to replace our legacy A/R Clinical applications with a new software. Due to the size of our corporation it is going to take quite some time to implement this new system. We are in project planning phases right now > > My question is on our legacy systems. I was in a meeting not long ago and one of the other providers commented that we do not need to worry about getting our legacy system compliant by October 2002. They stated somewhere in the transactions standards there is a clause on legacy systems. I have read through the transaction standards this a.m. and cannot find anything that specific so I am not sure where they are getting this information. > > The way I interpret the rule is having new or old software doesn't make any difference. By the compliance date we have to have a method in place to convert the data from the old system into the correct X!@ formats if we do electronic transactions (which we do). > > Am I understanding this correctly? > > Any thoughts would be much appreciated! > > Thank you. > > Cindy M. Nielsen > Department Director, Information Security > Good Samaritan Central Office > Phone: 605-362-3252 > Fax: 605-362-3991 > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ********************************************************************** > To be removed from this list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please note that it may take up to 72 hours to process your request. ********************************************************************** To be removed from this list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that it may take up to 72 hours to process your request.
