tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 22

HIPAA: PROVIDERS SEEK HIPAA TCS ASSURANCES

Are you ready for what the Oct. 16 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act transactions and code sets standards deadlines will mean for your bottom line? Anxious that glitches in the early phase of TCS compliance - or non-compliance - will lead to a cash flow disaster, a hospital group is pressing for back-up measures and aggressive preparation, particularly on the part of payors.In a May 19 letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the American Hospital Association proposes the "development of a system-wide implementation plan that clearly outlines remedial actions that every health plan must...

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