PRESS RELEASE:
TRAIN FOR HIPPA EXHIBITS AT WEDI NATIONAL CONFERENCE & ANNOUNCES HIPAA TRANSACTIONS & CODES SETS & TRANSACTIONS TESTING CURRICULUM
  • Train for HIPAA Exhibits at 12th Annual WEDI National Conference, May 19-21, Crystal City, VA
  • Train for HIPAA Launches Transactions & Code Sets & Transactions Testing Curriculum
  • www.trainforhipaa.com
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Matthew Feigenbaum
Train for HIPAA VP Sales
888-228-5021 phone
mfeigenbaum@trainforhipaa.com

WASHINGTON DC USA - HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE(tm) - MAY 15, 2003: Train for HIPAA, , Train for HIPAA, www.TrainforHIPAA.com, announced today that it is releasing an extensive HIPAA transactions & code sets and transactions testing curriculum, and that it will exhibit in conjunction with the Boundary Information Group (BIG), www.hipaainfo.net, at the 12th Annual WEDI National Conference, May 19-21, in Crystal City, VA . See www.wedi.org.

Train for HIPAA offers the full continuum of HIPAA workforce training solutions. Train for HIPAA is an affiliate of the HIPAA Summit Conference Series, http://www.HIPAASummit.com, HIPAA Colloquium at Harvard University, http://www.HIPAAColloquium.com, and HIPAA Audioconferences, http://www.HIPAAAudioconferences.com.

TRANSACTIONS & CODE SETS CURRICULUM:

Train for HIPAA is entering into an agreement with EDI Partners, http://www.EDIPartners.com, a business unit of ICC, http://www.ICC.net, to release the following HIPAA Transactions, Code Sets and Identifiers Courses over the next two months:

  • Introduction to EDI and HIPAA
  • Introduction to ANSI X12 and HIPAA EDI Standards Documentation (Part One)
  • Introduction to ANSI X12 and HIPAA EDI Standards Documentation (Part Two)
  • Exercise: Building a Sample 837 Professional Health Care Claim
  • Introduction to EDI Envelopes
  • Exercise: Building Envelopes Around a Transaction
  • EDI Acknowledgments
  • Introduction to Financial EDI
  • Exercise: Building a Sample 835 Health Care Claim Payment/Advice
  • HIPAA Implementation Guide Change Process Overview

These courses are being prepared by Gary Beatty and Dan Petrosky, leaders in EDI education since 1993. Their onsite EDI training courses have been offered since January of 2000 and have been attended by over 3,000 healthcare professionals.

HIPAA TRANSACTIONS TESTING CURRICULUM:

The HIPAA Transactions Testing Courses will be rolled out over the next several weeks:

  • The Basics of HIPAA Transactions Testing
  • Advanced HIPAA TCS - Beyond the Basics of Transactions
  • Claredi - Outbound Testing with Velocedi
  • Claredi - Inbound Testing with Wibbler
  • Claredi - Data Gap Analysis with HIPAAmetrics
  • Foresight: Test Data Generation Using EDISIM
  • Foresight: Enabling Trading Communities Using the HIPAA Validator Community Manager Web Service

The first five courses above, covering basic and advanced testing and Claredi testing, are being prepared by Mark Cone and Miriam J. Paramore of PCI, http://www.HIPAASurvival.com. The last two courses, covering Foresight testing, are being prepared by the staff of Foresight, Inc., http://www.Foresightcorp.com.

Paramore Consulting Inc. (PCI):

The HIPAA transactions testing courses listed above are prepared by PCI, http://www.HIPAASurvival.com . PCI offers specialized expertise in e-commerce and EDI projects from strategic planning to implementation. PCI consultants provide comprehensive business analysis, project management, vendor selection, ANSI X12 mapping, testing and implementation support.

Claredi:

Claredi, http://www.Claredi.com , provides comprehensive HIPAA EDI transaction testing and certification solutions to help healthcare providers, payers, and clearinghouses become HIPAA compliant. With ClarediSM Classic, FacilediSM, and CommunediSM services, Claredi offer an easy, efficient path to HIPAA EDI compliance. Claredi testing covers not only HIPAA Implementation Guide compliance, but claims testing against many payers' companion guides. This payer-specific testing occurs on a claim-by-claim basis, so one can test the claims in a single file against multiple payers simultaneously.

Foresight, Inc.:

Since 1990 Foresight, Inc., http://www.Foresightcorp.com , offers easy-to-use business-to-business software that enables electronic commerce between trading partners of all sizes. Recognized for its innovative products and superior customer support, Foresight provides productivity, data transformation and data validation solutions to more than 5,000 users from 60+ health care organizations and many Fortune 500 companies.

TRAIN FOR HIPPA EXHIBITS AT WEDI NATIONAL CONFERENCE:

Train for HIPAA will exhibit in conjunction with the Boundary Information Group (BIG), http://www.hipaainfo.net , at the 12th Annual WEDI National Conference, May 19-21, in Crystal City, VA . See http://www.wedi.org. The Boundary Information Group is a virtual consortium of leading health care consultants improving the value of health care through innovative information management and e-commerce. BIG HIPAA consultants have been working since 1992 to formulate HIPAA legislation and regulation, and to facilitate HIPAA implementation.

SOON TO COME FROM TRAIN FOR HIPAA:
  • Advanced Strategies in Responding to HIPAA Investigations and Enforcement Actions
  • Advanced HIPAA Compliance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, PBMs and Pharmacies
  • An Extensive Suite of HIPAA Security Courses.
ALL TRAIN FOR HIPAA COURSES ARE UPDATED TO THE FINAL HIPAA SECURITY RULE

TRAIN FOR HIPAA CLIENTS INCLUDE:

A large orthopedic medical group, a major pharmaceutical manufacturer, a major software and outsourcing company, a prominent academic medical center and other major institutions, including SSM Health Care of St. Louis, MO (a multi-facility health system and first winner of the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award).

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TRAIN FOR HIPAA:

Go to the Train for HIPAA website, http://www.TrainforHIPAA.com, or contact Matthew Feigenbaum at 888-228-5021, via email at mfeigenbaum@trainforhipaa.com, or write to:

Train for HIPAA Office
7790 Barberry Ave
Yucca Valley CA USA 92284