tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 24

HIP-HIP HOORAY FOR HIPAA DELAY

Medicare contingency plan will permit noncompliant claims If you feared that the Oct. 16 compliance deadline for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act transactions and code-sets rule would result in a cash-flow disaster, now you can breathe a sigh of relief. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Sept. 23 conceded that too many providers simply aren't ready to submit HIPAA-compliant claims. The agency says it will implement a contingency plan to accept noncompliant electronic claims for an as-yet undetermined period after the HIPAA transactions rule deadline. "Implementing this contingency plan moves us toward the...

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