New York Customers
Administrative Services of Kansas, Inc
New York Vendor Call Minutes
September 8, 2005
Welcome: The New York vendor call will be held the first Thursday of odd numbered months (Jan, March, May, July, September, November). Input is requested from the vendors on how often they wish to have the call. The call begins at 10:00 AM ET. Representatives from BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York and Blue Shield of Northeastern New York will be present on each call. All vendors are encouraged to sign up for the Vendor notification on the New York Customers section of the e-mail lists.
General Announcements:
- Vendors wishing to receive an email notification reminding them of the next meeting will need to visit the ASK Website. Locate New York Customers on the ASK website, from the E-mail List Sign-up select Vendors. This option has recently been added under New York Customers, so please check to make sure you have selected this option. The direct link is http://www.ask-edi.com/listserver/all_hnny_signup.htm.
- Vendor Call Minutes will be published within 10 days of the call, to the ASK Website under New York Customers. Occasionally, questions asked in the Vendor Call will have to be researched. When possible answers will be published in the Vendor Call Minutes.
- Payer edits for NPI have not been implemented for New York Customers. All vendors are reminded that when an NPI is received, ASK will authenticate the number. More information on NPI edits will be provided in future conference calls.
- NPI enrollment is now available for all providers on the Internet at https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/NPPES/Welcome.do.
- Asynchronous Communications will no longer be toll-free after April 2006. Vendors are encouraged to move all X, Y, or Zmodem users to other options. FTP, Internet, Ivans and VisionShare are all viable options. More information on Ivans and VisionShare can be found on the ASK Website under Connectivity Options. There is also helpful information under FAQ’s.
- Due to new security issues brought about by CMS, ASK is expecting password requirements to change sometime near October 1, 2005. New passwords will need to be at least 8 characters long and are require to contain at least one of each of the following:
- Upper Case Characters
- Lower Case Characters
- Numeric Characters
- Special Characters
- In and effort to eliminate unnecessary information in the EDI System, ASK will begin deleting inactive provider numbers. Provider numbers that do not show any activity for a 6 month period will be removed from the EDI System, effective immediately.
837 Issues:
- None to report on this call.
835 Issues:
- There has been a noticeable slow down of 835 enrollments. Vendors are encouraged to begin testing as soon as possible. If you have any questions regarding testing or enrollment please contact Tammy Smith at Tammy.Smith@ask-edi.com.
- An issue was presented by a caller in regards to how data is coming back on remits. Mary Ammian of BSNENY will take this concern back to the team working on these issues.
Other Issues:
- No other issues were presented during the call.
ASK wants to encourage you and your clients to share suggestions and ideas on how we can provide better assistance. Please send an email with suggestions to askedi@ask-edi.com.
The next regularly scheduled call will be November 3, 2005. Notification will be sent via email to those who have signed up for the mail list on the New York Customers section of the ASK website:
http://www.ask-edi.com/listserver/all_hnny_signup.htm
Phone Number: 1-877-326-2337
Conference ID: 7596037
Web Addresses:
www.ask-edi.com www.bcbswny.com
www.healthnowny.com www.bsneny.com
Email Address: Phone:
askedi@ask-edi.com 800-472-6481