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Survey Results on CMS Contingency Plan from HIMSS
Wednesday, 18 March 2009 05:33 | 
| Organizations - HIMSS |
Survey Results on CMS Contingency Plan Released by Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
According to a survey from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), fifty-six percent of health care IT professionals say the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) decision to accept electronic transactions that don't comply with the HIPAA transactions and code sets rule after the Oct. 16 deadline will "mitigate the imminent crisis" of compliance and give organizations the time they need to become compliant.
According to iHealthBeat, 76 percent of respondents said the agency's contingency plan is needed to maintain continuity of care and reimbursement, although 16 percent said that the contingency plan would not have affected continuity of care and reimbursement.
When asked if other payers should implement their own contingency plans, 55 percent responded that such a diverse response from payers would lead to confusion and delay compliance, while 39 percent said the diversity is needed to address entities' various degrees of readiness under the transactions rule.
Forty-two percent of respondents said CMS should leave the contingency plan in place for three to six months. Twenty-five percent said it should be in place for six to 12 months and 21 percent said it should be in place for one to three months.
Forty-five percent of respondents said CMS should reconsider its decision not to accept paper Medicare claims while 44 percent said the agency shouldn't reconsider, iHealthBeat reported.
Source: HIMSS
According to iHealthBeat, 76 percent of respondents said the agency's contingency plan is needed to maintain continuity of care and reimbursement, although 16 percent said that the contingency plan would not have affected continuity of care and reimbursement.
When asked if other payers should implement their own contingency plans, 55 percent responded that such a diverse response from payers would lead to confusion and delay compliance, while 39 percent said the diversity is needed to address entities' various degrees of readiness under the transactions rule.
Forty-two percent of respondents said CMS should leave the contingency plan in place for three to six months. Twenty-five percent said it should be in place for six to 12 months and 21 percent said it should be in place for one to three months.
Forty-five percent of respondents said CMS should reconsider its decision not to accept paper Medicare claims while 44 percent said the agency shouldn't reconsider, iHealthBeat reported.
Source: HIMSS
