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June 2012

Only 3 Days Remain in the Version 5010 Enforcement Discretion Period!

The Version 5010 enforcement discretion period ends on June 30, 2012. The Version 5010 Enforcement Discretion Period ends this week, on June 30, 2012. All HIPAA-covered entities were required to upgrade to the new ASC X12 Version 5010 (Version 5010) and NCPDP Versions D.0 and 3.0 by January 1, 2012, however the Centers for Medicare & …

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What Specialties are Receiving the Medicare Incentive Payments?

The latest incentive payment report from the CMS breaks out incentive payments by specialty. So far 51,879 “Doctors of Medicine or Osteopathy” have received payments from the program and the numbers break down as follows: Family Practice: 11,588 Internal Medicine: 10,597 Cardiology: 3,884 Obstetrics/Gynecology: 2,507 Gastroenterology: 2,271 Orthopedic Surgery: 2,166 General Surgery: 1,870 Neurology: 1,519 …

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End of Enforcement Discretion Period for Use of Updated HIPAA Version 5010 Transaction Standards is June 30, 2012

June 7, 2012:  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Office of E-Health Standards and Services will be ending its enforcement discretion period for Version 5010 standards on June 30, 2012. This means that all HIPAA-covered entities must be fully compliant with all of the upgraded transaction standards for ASC X12 Version 5010 (Version 5010) …

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