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About EHNAC

EHNAC is an independent, not-for-profit accrediting agency that provides independent peer evaluation of an organization's ability to perform at industry-established levels. EHNAC's function is to promote administrative simplification and cost savings in the health care industry and to provide the health care transaction industry with an independent capability to develop industry standards, known as EHNAC Criteria. The mission of EHNAC is to promote standards, quality service, innovation, cooperation, and open competition within the health care EDI industry:

-- Established minimum criteria for industry self-regulation

-- Encourages firms in the industry to improve performance

-- Facilitates open market access and competition ("open access" referring

to acceptance of transactions from any source or routing)

-- Fosters consistency in transmitted information

-- Enhances customer service and satisfaction ("customers" include

providers, payers, intermediaries, and third parties)

The EHNAC Commission seeks to accredit entities that send or receive HIPAA regulated transactions, or that transport or process EDI transactions between two or more trading partners in the health care community. These entities include, but are not limited to, clearinghouses, transactions processors, value-added networks (VANs), payers, providers, and provider management organizations. For more information, please visit http://www.EHNAC.org .

About Availity, L.L.C. -- Patients. Not Paperwork.(R)

Availity optimizes the flow of information between health care professionals, health plans, and other health care stakeholders through a secure internet-based exchange. The Availity Health Information Network encompasse
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