HIPAA EDI Rule: Clarke & Company Benefits, LLC Clarifications
The EDI Rule is intended to streamline electronic health care transactions by requiring that covered entities keep and exchange information in a uniform format. Key aspects of the EDI Rule are as follows:
Standardized transactions
The EDI Rule provides that, if a covered entity (or a business associate on its behalf) electronically conducts a covered transaction, then the entity must use standardized formats and uniform codes when conducting the transaction.
Covered electronic transactions
The following transactions are governed by the EDI Rule: health care claims or equivalent encounter information; health care payment and remittance advice; coordination of benefits; health care claim status; enrollment and disenrollment in a health plan; eligibility for a health plan; health plan premium payments; and referral certification and authorization. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) added the following transactions to the list of covered electronic transactions—electronic funds transfers and health claims attachments.
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