CMS to Delay Enforcement of HIPAA Version 5010 Until July 1st

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced an extension of the grace period through June.
Physicians, payers and other entities using electronic health care transactions were required to use only the version 5010 transactions beginning Jan. 1, but CMS issued a 90-day grace period that was to expire March 30. However, serious claims processing issues have caused payment delays and other issues for many physicians.
CMS announced March 15 that it will extend the grace period until July 1 to allow additional time to resolve these ongoing claims processing issues.
Physicians who continue to experience claims processing difficulties should complete a complaint form.

To find the complaint form - log onto www.BCMSNJ.org