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Mid-Atlantic Chapters of HIMSS Networking Reception
at HIMSS 2012

Please join us at the CSC Booth to network with your colleagues from your neighboring chapters at this group reception.

WVHIMSS Spring Education/Networking Session and Annual Business Meeting: "The Impact of Emerging Technologies on Healthcare"

To be held on Friday, June 22 at Stonewall Resort

On behalf of the WVHIMSS Board, the WVHIMSS Programming Committee is very excited to announce our Spring Education/Networking Session and Annual Business Meeting. The education sessions will focus on “Emerging Technologies in HIT,” covering how technologies such as the iPad, smart phones and social media are changing the delivery of care and our relationships with patients.

1. Better understand how mobile devices, like tablets & smart phones, are being used to streamline operations and improve patience care at the point of delivery.
2. Learn ways that social media is being used to improve collaboration among healthcare professionals and how this technology is improving the relationship between the patient and provider.
3. Participate in a CIO/CMIO Roundtable discussion to learn how these technologies are changing the way that information is handled within their facilities, and how they are addressing the privacy and security concerns raised by social and mobile technologies.

HIPAA 5010 New Requirement for Payment:
Use Street Address NOT P.O. Box

P.O. Boxes No Longer Permitted in Billing Provider Address
in 5010 Transactions Jan. 1

Do you use a P.O. Box or lock box address as you billing provider address to receive payments? If you submit claims electronically, you will be required use only a street address or physical location as the billing provider address. Continuing to report a P.O. Box in the billing provider address field will cause your claims to reject.

Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), all physicians and other health care providers that submit claims electronically are required to transition to the Version 5010 transactions by Jan. 1. One of many data reporting changes in the Version 5010 transactions is the requirement to report only a street address or physical location as the billing provider address.

Practices that wish to continue having payments sent to a P.O. Box or lock box will report this address in the “pay-to” address field.

You may need to work with your practice management system vendor, billing service, or clearinghouse to have this address change made for your claims. Talk to them today to find out if a change is needed and when it will be done. This work needs to be done prior to Jan. 1 to prevent claims rejections and interruptions in your cash flow.

Visit www.ama-assn.org/go/5010 or www.cms.gov/Versions5010andD0 for more information on data reporting changes in the Version 5010 transactions and to prepare your practice for the Jan. 1 deadline.

WVHIMSS Fall Education/Networking Conference

Held on Friday, November 4 at Fairmont State University

The WVHIMSS Board woudl like to thank all of our speakers and attendees for attending our Fall Education and Networking Conference.

Watch it now on our YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/WVHIMSS

 Photos are available on Flickr.

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