HIPAA: PROVIDERS GET RELIEF ON HIPAA TRANSACTIONS RULE
Medicare contingency plan will permit non-compliant claims.Health care providers who feared 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 can breath a sigh of relief.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sept. 23 conceded that too many providers simply weren'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 dual...
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