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CAQH, HIMSS, IHE, and BCBSA Target April 2009 Interoperability Showcase at HIMSS09 Conference for Live 5010 Testing Project Demonstration

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Four leading healthcare industry organizations announced today they are collaborating with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the formation of a 5010 Testing Project to address real-time testing of the new X12 HIPAA 5010 transactions implementation. The organizations include CAQH, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Initiative, and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA).

The groups will demonstrate ways to implement the 5010 HIPAA transaction standards through existing testing tools, best practices and public-private collaborations that are already broadly recognized within the healthcare industry. Specifically, these include CAQH's Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE) Phase I and II rules certification testing scripts, the IHE interoperability framework, and Interoperability Specifications developed by the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP).

"This testing project will be presented at the 2009 IHE North American Connectathon to demonstrate that current, multi-stakeholder industry collaboration is producing real-world results and having a long-term, positive impact on healthcare capabilities," said Didi Davis, senior director, IHE for HIMSS.

Successful completion of the project will demonstrate the synergies between 5010 guidelines and existing testing and certification efforts -- initiatives that already have begun to support HIPAA 5010 transactions such as the use of patient financials.

CORE, launched by CAQH, is a nationwide all-payer solution to improve provider access to electronic patient administrative and payer information before or
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