EDI Related Links
Associations:
Professional association of dentists committed to the public's oral health, ethics, science, and
professional advancement; leading a unified profession through initiatives in advocacy, education,
research and the development of standards.
Dynamic professional association that represents more than 40,000 specially educated health
information management professionals who work throughout the health care industry.
Promotes professionalism in medicine and sets standards for medical education, practice and ethics.
Forum for healthcare professionals involved in compliance service all segments of the health care industry.
The organization of insurance regulators from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the four
U.S. Territories. The NAIC provides a forum for the development of uniform policy when uniformity
is appropriate.
EDI:
A health care association dedicated to supporting the use of EDI to improve and reduce the cost of health care.
A not-for-profit organization that supports the development and use of electronic business interchange
standards in electronic commerce.
Information about improving health care through Electronic Commerce.
Manages and distributes EDI information, primarily in the form of documentation for organizations
that develop, maintain, and implement EDI standards.
The Washington Publishing Company (WPC) assists several organizations in the maintenance and
distribution of HIPAA-related code lists external to the X12 family of standards. The lists
have different release schedules and are maintained by groups including the National Uniform
Claim Committee (Provider Taxonomy) and the by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(Remittance Advice Remark Codes).
Among the HIPAA-Related Code Lists you can view online at the WPC website:
CMS posts the annual alphanumeric HCPCS file at this location
The National Center for Health Statistics posts addenda to the ICD-9-CM at this location.
Government
The federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services which runs the
Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Organizes the public health and the health services search communities on data standards issues.
HIPAA Administrative Simplification web site.
The focal point for printing, binding, and information dissemination for the entire Federal community.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed the National Plan
and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) to assign unique National Provider Identifier
(NPI) numbers for health care providers and health plans. Information about and
application for the NPI are available on this site.
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