CAQH CORE 270: Connectivity Rule Authentication Standards CAQH CORE 270: Connectivity Rule (Connectivity & Security Subgroup) evaluated the connectivity implementations used by its members, including what types of submitter authentication methods were being used. The results showed widespread use of both username/password and X.509 client certificate authentication. Though username/password is the base requirement with Phase … Read More →
CAQH CORE Connectivity Safe Harbor Guidelines CAQH CORE Connectivity Safe Harbor requirements that a health plan must use if requested by a provider are described in CAQH CORE 270 Rule, Section 5, CORE Safe Harbor. The CAQH CORE Connectivity Safe Harbor specifies connectivity methods that application vendors, providers, and health plans can be assured will be supported … Read More →
CAQH CORE 270: Connectivity Rule: Relationship Between Phase I and Phase II CAQH CORE 270: Connectivity Rule is not a reference to X12 270 eligibility transaction. The CAQH CORE 270: Connectivity Rule Version 2.2.0, is payload agnostic, and is designed to carry any X12 v4010 and v5010 administrative transaction payload as well as any other non-X12 payload. The CAQH CORE … Read More →
CAQH CORE Eligibility & Claim Status Operating Rules: CAQH CORE 260: Eligibility & Benefits Data Content (270/271) Rule As the CAQH CORE Eligibility & Claim Status Operating Rules (CAQH CORE 154 and 260 Rules) do not require that the X12 271 Response to an X12 270 inquiry include a specified grouping of service type codes (STCs), … Read More →
CAQH CORE 260: Eligibility & Benefits (270/271) Data Content Rule Version 2.1.0 CAQH CORE 260: Eligibility & Benefits (270/271) Data Content Rule Version 2.1.0 requires that entities, at a minimum, return the coverage status for each specific benefit (service type) included in a X12 270 eligibility request that is required in response to an explicit inquiry. … Read More →
CAQH CORE 260: Eligibility & Benefits Data Content (270/271) Rule CAQH CORE 260: Eligibility & Benefits Data Content (270/271) Rule relationship (CAQH CORE 154 & 260 Rules) in Phase I and Phase II is described below in the blog. The Phase I CAQH CORE 154: Eligibility & Benefits Data Content (270/271) Rule provides an important first step … Read More →
Eligibility & Claim Status Operating Rules: Service Type Codes (STCs) Eligibility & Claim Status Operating Rules define some Service Type Codes (STCs) as “discretionary” in the CAQH CORE Eligibility & Benefits (270/271) Data Content Rules (CAQH CORE 154 & 260 Rules). For certain STCs, the patient financial data is not required to be returned for some benefits … Read More →
CAQH CORE 259: AAA Error Code Reporting Rule (Eligibility & Claim Status Operating Rules) CAQH CORE 259: AAA Error Code Reporting Rule requires a health plan/information source to return a AAA segment for each error condition that it detects in a X12 270 request, as described in sections 4.3-4.5 of the rule. CAQH CORE 259: AAA Error Code … Read More →
CAQH CORE 258: Normalizing Patient Last Name Rule (Eligibility & Claim Status Operating Rules) CAQH CORE 258: Normalizing Patient Last Name Rule does not require that a health plan use the patient’s last name in its search and matching logic for locating an individual within its systems. Further, the rule does not specify the search … Read More →
Alaska Medicaid HIPAA EDI Requirements And Transactions Guidelines Alaska Medicaid HIPAA EDI Companion Guide is authored by the health plan. The purpose of a companion guide is to supplement the Technical Reports Type 3 (TR3s) which are also known as the HIPAA EDI Implementation Guides. These TR3s can be purchased at the X12 Store. Companion guides are … Read More →