{"id":972,"date":"2011-11-17T16:53:04","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T21:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poweryourpractice.com\/?p=972"},"modified":"2011-11-17T16:53:04","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T21:53:04","slug":"hipaa-5010-deadline-cms-relaxes-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carecloud.com\/continuum\/hipaa-5010-deadline-cms-relaxes-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"HIPAA 5010 Deadline: CMS Relaxes Enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medical practices scrambling to prepare for the HIPAA 5010 compliance deadline<\/strong> on January 1, 2012 can breathe a sigh of relief \u2013 they will get more time.<\/p>\n

With the year coming to a close and the deadline for 5010<\/a> fast approaching, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced it will not enforce penalties for HIPAA covered entities until March 31, 2012.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

While the compliance date for implementing ASC X12 Version 5010 remains January 1, the CMS is allowing a 90-day period of \u201cenforcement discretion for compliance with new HIPAA transaction standards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Version 5010 Grace Period<\/strong>
\nThe Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS), the division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that enforces HIPAA and code set standards compliance, explained the decision in a CMS release:<\/p>\n

\u201cOESS made the decision for a discretionary enforcement period based on industry feedback revealing that, with only about 45 days remaining before the January 1, 2012 compliance date<\/strong>, testing between some covered entities and their trading partners has not yet reached a threshold whereby a majority of covered entities would be able to be in compliance by January.\u201d<\/p>\n

This comes on the heels of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) asking the HHS to issue a HIPAA 5010 contingency plan allowing health plans to adjudicate claims that may not have the required data for the new standards.<\/p>\n

“It is clear that a significant number of medical groups will not have the ability to transmit claims and other electronic transactions<\/a> using the Version 5010 format by the Jan. 1 deadline,\u201d according to a statement from Susan Turney, MD, MGMA president and CEO.<\/p>\n

Physicians Unprepared for 5010<\/a><\/strong>
\nRecent MGMA research suggests that practices and their trading partners have not yet completed essential steps to transact under the new 5010 standards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

According to an MGMA survey, only 4.5 percent of practices report being fully complete with 5010 implementations — with many practices still waiting for software upgrades and service updates from vendors.<\/p>\n

This move by the CMS should help physicians avoid the potential disruption of cash flow many experts expect for practices that haven\u2019t fully implemented Version 5010.<\/p>\n

How is your practice preparing for HIPAA 5010 implementation?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Medical practices scrambling to prepare for the HIPAA 5010 compliance deadline on January 1, 2012 can breathe a sigh of relief \u2013 they will get more time. 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