The definitive answer on this issue of dummy data has already been given on the Transactions listserve by both Kepa Zubeldia and Marcallee Jackson last October; see "RE: Missing Elements on an HCFA 1500," at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg02266.html - "...to be fully HIPAA compliant, providers must populate the 837 claim with fully compliant data." A phony birthweight or wrong birthdate wouldn't be compliant in a production environment. Full remediation steps that include capturing the necessary data are necessary for compliance.
William J. Kammerer Novannet, LLC. Columbus, US-OH 43221-3859 +1 (614) 487-0320 ----- Original Message ----- From: "govtinformant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WEDI SNIP Testing Subworkgroup List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 05 December, 2002 04:21 PM Subject: Re: Defining a health care claim within the context of the 837 implementation guide Please allow me to respond before dismissing my question because there is no name or company attached, unfortunately it is not an option: I am truly concerned with this statement contained in the prior email by Julie: "A compliant transaction will use dummy or default values in order to achieve compliance." Do you really believe that is correct? Do you also think that once HIPAA is mandated in Oct-03(?), that we will all still be friendly in discussing our differences in HIPAA compliance? If so your wrong. It's business, and more precisely the nature of competition. If you elect to take the shortcut and use dummy data along the way, you can bet that a company that took the time to apply the HIPAA rules as intended (subjective I know, but using dummy data?) is going to make you pay. Please do not take this as a personal attack, that is not what I meant. I'm just surprised that someone would believe that HIPAA allows for the use of dummy data, and there was no response from the owner of the comment. Am I alone in this? Sincerely --- 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
