HIPAA for Providers

The Utah Medicaid HIPAA website provides information for Medicaid providers and trading partners regarding HIPAA legislation and electronic data interchange (EDI).

The Division of Integrated Health manages multiple medical programs for needy individuals in the State of Utah, including Medicaid and the Privacy Care Network (PCN) Program.  Medicaid administers these programs and encourages electronic data interchange (EDI) as a means to contain administrative costs.

This page describes the process for activating your EDI account with Medicaid.  Whether or not providers are currently sending EDI transactions, an EDI account must be activated with Medicaid.

Providers must:

1. Become a member of the Utah Health Information Network (UHIN) or use a UHIN-participating clearinghouse/billing agent for HIPAA transaction submissions.
2. Complete Steps 8, 9, 13, 15 and 17 of the Utah Medicaid Provider EDI Enrollment application.

Providers have the responsibility to adequately test all business rules appropriate to the provider type and specialty. If a provider wants information about testing, you may contact (for FFS, contact editestinggroup@utah.gov; for Managed Health Care, contact mhc-edi@utah.gov).  Providers must choose a HIPAA-compliant trading partner.  Providers/clearing houses/billing agents must ensure that they have adequately tested the business rules appropriate to each provider type and specialty. (See Companion Guides below)

The following guides are applicable to the PRISM system.  Click here for more information on PRISM go-live.

• Fee For Service Specific Transactions
  • 837D -FFS Health Care Claim: Dental
  • 837I - FFS Health Care Claim: Institutional
  • 837P- FFS Health Care Claim: Professional
  • 835 – FFS Health Care Claim Payment/Advice
  • 278 – Health Care Eligibility Benefit Inquiry & Response

• Managed Care Specific Transactions
  • 837D -Encounter Health Care Claim: Dental
  • 837I - Encounter Health Care Claim: Institutional
  • 837P- Encounter Health Care Claim: Professional
  • 820 –Payroll Deducted and Other Group Premium Payment
  • 834 –Benefit Enrollment and Maintenance

• Other EDI Transactions
  • 270/271 – Health Care Eligibility Benefit Inquiry & Response
  • 276/277 – Health Care Claim Status Request & Response

Effective October 16, 2003, a provider must use applicable data code sets described in the Code of Federal Regulations (162.1002) and as specified in the implementation specifications. This web page provides links to some of the specified code sets. Each code set is valid within the dates specified by the organization responsible for maintaining the code set.

• Code Sets Overview: https://www.cms.gov/priorities/key-initiatives/burden-reduction/administrative-simplification/code-sets
• External Code lists: https://x12.org/codes
• HIPAA Technical Guides: https://x12.org/products/transaction-sets

Federal

The final rules and regulations associated with Administrative Simplification are maintained in the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 160, 162 and 164 of title 45. They are available through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website and include:

Transactions ‐ This rule adopts a Point-of-Sale standard and eight electronic X12 transactions including code sets to be used in the transactions.  Standardization allows for exchange of healthcare information for purposes such as third-party liability administration and fraud and abuse detection, and for simplified record keeping.

Privacy ‐ This regulation protects medical records and other personal health information maintained by health care providers, hospitals, health plans, health insurers, and health care clearinghouses. It limits the non-consensual use and release of private health information, gives patients new rights to access their medical records and to know who has accessed them, and restricts most disclosure of health information to the minimum needed for the intended purpose. The regulation provides protection for paper, oral and electronic information, creating a privacy system that covers all personal health information created or held by covered entities.

Security ‐ This final rule specifies a series of administrative, technical, and physical security procedures for covered entities to use to assure the confidentiality of electronic protected health information.

Utah

Utah Medicaid participates with a coalition of health care insurers, providers and other interested parties in developing these standards. The coalition, known as the Utah Health Information Network (UHIN), is a not-for-profit organization that is reducing the cost of Administrative Health Care through electronic transactions, electronic transaction standards, and education. Participants in the coalition are active members of many national standard setting organizations. Visit the UHIN website for more information regarding electronic commerce agreements, State standards and specifications, and HIPAA links including links to transaction guides and code sets.

The State of Utah Insurance Commissioner’s Office, incorporates billing standards into State rule.

Available Resources and Committees

One of the best resources for information regarding HIPAA is the web site for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The final rule and links to other HIPAA related sites are available from this web site.

Utah Health Information Network (UHIN) is a coalition of providers and payers within the State of Utah. A provider solution to all HIPAA transactions is being developed, including a dental solution to EDI. Visit the UHIN web site:

Publications of the implementation guides are available through X12 site:

•  X12

Participation in national workgroups and committees is strongly encouraged. They include:

• ASC X12N
• Health Level 7
• National Council for Prescription Drug Programs
• Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange
• National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
• National Uniform Claim Committee
• National Uniform Billing Committee