Tentative Agenda

NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS

Subcommittee on Standards

Hearing on Status of Planning and Implementation of Standards Identified in HIPAA and the Affordable Care Act

National Center for Health Statistics
3311 Toledo Road
Hyattsville, MD 20782

June 17 - 18, 2013

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Purpose of the Hearing:

Day 1 - Tuesday, June 17

 

TIME

TOPIC

PARTICIPANTS

1:00 - 1:15 pm Welcome and Introductions Walter Suarez and Ob Soonthornsima, Co-Chairs
Lorraine Doo, Lead Staff

1:15 - 2:00 pm

Update from 2013 WEDI Report Executive Steering Committee

  • Receive a report from WEDI on the work being done by the 2013 WEDI Report Executive Steering Committee
  • Report on other items, including findings from surveys, workgroup activities related to Plan ID, Transactions, Operating Rules, others



WEDI


2:00 - 2:45 pm

DSMO Report

  • Receive report from DSMO, hear issues related to maintenance of standards
  • Status of development of next version of standards for possible adoption
  • Discuss incorporaton of ORs into transaction versions

 


DSMO Reps

2:45 - 3:00 pm Break

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Status of Implementation of 5010, D.0, 3.0

  • Review the industry status of implementation of 5010/D.0/3.0
  • Discuss identified implementation issues and approaches to address them
  • Identify/discuss lessons learned with respect to transition and initial implementation issues
  • Discuss degree to which goals set for moving to new versions of standards have been achieved



Health Care Providers
Health Plans
Clearinghouses
Medicaid
Medicare

 


4:00 - 4:45 pm

CMS Regulatory Update

  • Receive a report from CMS on regulatory developments and directions related to standards, code sets, identifiers, others



CMS


4:45 - 5:00 pm

Public Comment

  • Open microphone for public comments

 

 

Public

5:00 pm Adjournment - Day 1  

Day 2 - Tuesday, June 18, 2013

 

TIME
TOPIC
PARTICIPANTS
8:30 - 8:45 am Reconvene Subcommittee, Introductions Walter Suarez and Ob Soonthornsima

8:45 - 10:15 am

State of Development and Implementation of Operating Rules

  • Review industry status of implementation of operating rules for Eligibility and Claim Status transactions
  • Discussion of planning/preparation for implementation of second round of ORs (EFT/ERA); discuss any identified issues
  • Review plans for development of next round of ORs, including Attachments, Claim, Prior Authorization, Enrollment, Premium Payment
  • Status of with SDO's to incorporate ORs into standards?

 

CAQH CORE
Providers
Health Plans
Clearinghouses

10:15 - 10:30 am Break

10:30 - 12:30 pm

ICD-10 Planning, Testing, Implementation

Part 1

  • Review status of preparation for final adoption of ICD-10 code sets
  • Review CMS end-to-end testing framework, experiences from others
  • Review payment transition processes (ICD-9-CM to ICD-10 code sets)
  • Discuss other preparatory/planning issues, including mapping/cross-walking

Part 2

  • Discusion on uses of new ICD-10-CM and PCS data by various stakeholders, including areas such as new payment approaches, utilization analysis, cost analysis, research, public health, etc.




  • CMS
  • Providers
  • Health Plans
  • Coders (AHIMA)

 

  • CMS
  • Providers
  • Health Plans
  • Public Health
12:30 - 1:30 pm LUNCH BREAK Dr. Green

1:30 - 4:45 pm

Subcommittee Discussion

  • Review themes, outcomes from hearing
  • Review Health IT Standards Committee "Standards Evaluation Criteria"
  • Process for adopting next versions - Evaluating updated version of standards before they are brought to NCVHS to be recommended for adoption
  • Discussion of OESS contracts to pilot the evaluation of standards
  • Updates on Dental Coding, Unique Device Identifier, NCPDP-FDA, other
  • Bipartisan Policy Center - Data recommendation on recent report on cost containment
  • Additional/new items

 

 

Subcommittee Members


4:45 - 5:00 pm

Public Comment

  • Open microphone for public comments

Public
5:00 pm Adjourn



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May 10, 2013