HIPAA Standards Basics: Privacy, Security, Transactions And Code Sets HIPAA Standards were set in 1996 when Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, otherwise known as HIPAA. HIPAA originally was conceived to improve fraud and abuse protections and provide protections for workers insured under group health plans when they leave their jobs and … Read More →
EDI Health Partners: Basis Provider Requirements EDI Health Partners program requires all vendors use Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) – sending and receiving of information using computer technology. Any standard business document that one company would exchange with another; such as a purchase order, invoice, shipping schedule, inventory inquiry, and claim submission; can be exchanged via EDI between … Read More →
EDI Migration: Efforts Evaluation And Steps To Be Made EDI migration usually is influenced by some factors or events that show Electronic Data Interchange becomes essential for one’s company. The initiative can be internal (from managers or departments) or external (new or existing business partners). The examples of EDI initiatives: New trading partner requirements New EDI … Read More →
EDI Connectivity Notes For Unity Health Insurance Vendors EDI Connectivity guidelines will help parties involved in electronic documents exchange with Unity Health Insurance to get basic information about EDI process. EDI Connectivity Authentication/Authorization policies for User ID and Password (new trading partners) Sign and mail two original copies of trading partner agreement to Unity Health Insurance Once both originals … Read More →