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Medicare patients may be affected by HIPAA
most of all.
HIPAA Compliant Claim Filing:
All Insurance claims filed to Commercial payers
now require HIPAA (the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
compliance in claim content and filing processes.
 | All claims must be HIPAA compliant. |
| Many Payers require that all claims be
filed electronically. |
| Many Payers including Medicare will
soon require all claims to be filed electronically and
will stop excepting paper claims. |
| All CPT and ICD-9 coding must be
compliant. |
Non participating providers
Providers who require their patients to file their own
claims may also be affected
| Eventually all payers, including
Medicare will require electronic filing. |
| Medicare may stop accepting HCFA
forms. The deadline for paper filing will occur
state to state. |
| This can cause hardship for both
patients and providers. |
Find out how easy it is to become HIPAA
compliant and have Medicare claims filed electronically. |
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