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For your convenience, the message is question in reproduced below: From: "Hirth, Alan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Ravi Jha ' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: VALIDATION or Certification Requirement, Vendor and Penalty Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 12:32:40 -0500 My opinion not my client's or company's.......... 1. Why is a certification required at all? It weeds out those that can't do EDI or can't meet at least a HIPAA level of competancy. It's not a HIPAA requirement but may be a requirement of your trading partner (at their cost). 2. While choosing certifying vendor, what are the points one should note? Your partner may require one. Make a list of things you want. Proven track record, ease, good reporting, HIPAA knowledge, gaurantee backed by finacial recourse, hand holding if you are new to EDI... 3. Do the certificates have any legal importance, so if one is certified for one Transaction (say 837 I) then other party can not reject it saying its non HIPAA? No. If it's not HIPAA compliant then it will be rejected without concern as to some prior transaction being certified. If it is compliant then it can't be rejected on that basis but processing can be denied if it doesn't meet the business needs of that entity. Some large organizations are paying a certifier to check all new partners to weed out those that can't, then paying for certification against their own guide (companion documents with business requirements), and only then willing to test. 4. After certification for any Transaction, if it is found that it is not. Who is going to take the responsibility, the certifying organization or the organization who has generated the Transaction? See your lawyer. I would say the originator. Now if your contract with your certifier spells out some gaurantee then you have something to go after them after the fact. 5. What type of guarantee do the certifying vendors give? Ask them. Get it in writing. 6. Is there any penalty for the organizations who claims to be HIPAA compliant and found not? so if there is any penalty then who is going to pay for it? CMS has spelled out the penalties. First someone has to complain. The originator pays. Again, if your contract with your certfier spells out some gaurantee then you go after them. -----Original Message----- From: Ravi Jha To: WEDI SNIP Testing Subworkgroup List Sent: 12/3/02 10:15 AM Subject: VALIDATION or Certification Requirement, Vendor and Penalty Hi, Can any one clear my doubts. 1. Why is a certification required at all? 2. While choosing certifying vendor, what are the points one should note? 3. Do the certificates have any legal importance, so if one is certified for one Transaction (say 837 I) then other party can not reject it saying its non HIPAA? 4. After certification for any Transaction, if it is found that it is not. Who is going to take the responsibility, the certifying organization or the organization who has generated the Transaction? 5. What type of guarantee do the certifying vendors give? 6. Is there any penalty for the organizations who claims to be HIPAA compliant and found not? so if there is any penalty then who is going to pay for it? thanks Ravi Jha The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee only. It contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are the named addressee or an authorized designee, you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you received it in error please notify us immediately and then destroy it. --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time. You are currently subscribed to wedi-testing as: [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org
