HIPAA Administrative Simplification

A little bit of work up front will pay off in time. If you use an experienced service bureau or clearinghouse to process your claims, they will be able to convert your paper claims according to the standards set fourth by HIPAA with little effort. Once you successfully submit claims in the HIPAA standard ANSI 837 format, submitting to another insurer will be a piece of cake.

Under the old system, one health care provider could require all claims submissions to be in a HL7 format while another could require a custom text string. There were about 400 different ways to submit an electronic claim before HIPAA. Now there is one way, HIPAA's Way.

• Less setup for new claims submitters (One size fits all)

• Easier training for new staff

• Faster payments