HIPAA may affect state 'prompt pay' laws: 'clean claim' redefined?(Practice Trends)
Publication: Internal Medicine News
Publication Date: 01-NOV-03
Author: Frieden, Joyce
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WASHINGTON -- State "prompt pay" laws could be affected by the "transaction and code set" provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) that took effect last month, Ann Leopold Kaplan said at a forum sponsored by the American Health Lawyers Association.
Prompt pay laws require insurers to promptly pay providers who have submitted "clean claims," said Ms. Kaplan, a lawyer...
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