tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 20

HIPAA: PART A PROVIDERS OPTIMISTIC ON HIPAA TRANSACTION STANDARDS

Medicare Part A providers are generally confident that they'll be ready for the Oct. 16 zero hour for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act electronic data transaction standards. According to the HHS Office of Inspector General, 96 percent of Part A providers "have moderate to high expectations" that they'll be compliant by the deadline. Moreover, while less than 30 percent have begun testing, 90 percent have developed a testing strategy, according to "HIPAA Readiness: Administrative Simplification for Medicare Part A Providers" (OEI-09-02-00421). Indeed, the big worry for Part A providers isn't their own compliance readiness - it's that...

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