Miriam, She should look for another vendor. There are many out here that took the approach to HIPAA was to serve our clients needs. Her's being but one of them.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Miriam Paramore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WEDI SNIP Testing Subworkgroup List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 9:18 AM Subject: PMS / CH Vendor "readiness" > Please see the question below from a HAWK member. It is a great example of > the situations providers are running into daily. > > Best Regards, > > Miriam J. Paramore > President & CEO > PCI: e-commerce for healthcare > 9001 Shelbyville Road > iTRC Building > Louisville, KY 40222 > 502-429-8555 > www.hipaasurvival.com > =========================================== > This email contains confidential information intended only for the named > addressee(s). Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by any other > person is strictly prohibited. > > > ---- Original Message ---- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: FW: Re: Seventh HIPAA Implementation Roundtable-February 28, > 2003 > Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 14:04:29 -0500 > > As a medical practice I have been focusing most of my attention on > complying with the Privacy regulations. I am now turning my attention > to complying with the transaction and code set regulations. All > along I > have thought that my PMS and my clearinghouses would be doing all the > work and all I would have to do is load an upgrade, test a time or two > and "presto" - I'm compliant! I am being told by my PMS (Medic/Mysis) > that we will no longer be able to transmit electronically to our > clearinghouses (Zirmed and MMR). Due to HIPAA Regulations we will > have > to use Mysis for our electronic claims processing. It has something > to > do with codes such as the taxonomy code which are not required on a > HCFA > claim that are required on electronic claims. Mysis says they are not > writing programs that will allow such codes to be downloaded and sent > to > another clearinghouse in a format that is HIPAA compliant. I would > suppose that is their right. But I need to better understand what it > is > that I am asking Mysis to do in order to argue the reason why they > should do it. Is it really that difficult for Mysis to write a > program? > Mysis uses a third party to process our claims electronically > (probably > someone like NEIC). Is it something that a provider could pay Mysis > to > write the program and it shouldn't be an unreasonable fee? Does > Mysis' > statement make sense to you? Can you better help me understand it? I > can't fight something I don't understand. Obviously there are > financial > reasons for wanting to continue using the clearinghouses I currently > use > plus I don't like being told "no" and "do it or drop to paper" - > that's > your only choice. > > > --- > 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 > --- 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
