Please see the attached email.
Peggy Billhartz
HIPAA Project Office
Bureau of Information Systems
IDPA/MMIS
217/557-9798
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>>> "John Craft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/07/03 11:53AM >>>
Alabama Medicaid has said the same thing. They referenced a recent CMS
interpretation of BIPA 2000 (which I think said local codes could be used
through 2003...not exactly the same timeframe as HIPAA TCS).
John Craft
Partner, HCS
334-396-0833
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Subject: Extension for the use of local codes in Indiana
I have heard a rumor that the State of Indiana, Indiana Medicaid, and EDS
have agreed to the use of local codes through the end of 2003, and that CMS
has approved this extension. Can anyone verify this rumor? Have you heard
anything similar in other states or on a national basis?
Thanks, of course, to all responsers.
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