Vendor Meetings
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas EDI Services
Vendor Call Minutes
May 18, 2006
General Announcements:
- EDI system will be unavailable June 11, 2006 from 8:00 a.m. CST though Midnight. This is to complete the Universal Power Supply maintenance. As the date gets closer notification will be published on the web and an email notification will be sent.
- At the ASK User Group meetings for 2006 we are urging attendees to contact there vendors and sign up for email notification with the payers they work with for information on how each are handling the NPI.
- Two questions were asked
- Do you find the standing monthly vendor call is beneficial? Responses during the phone call were yes, when able to attend the vendor call is beneficial.
- Do you feel a meeting other than the monthly vendor call would be of benefit? If so, please submit an email to askedi@ask-edi.com with items you would like to see presented.
System Updates:
- The next system deployment is scheduled for Sunday, June 4, 2006.
Upcoming Events:
- 5/18/06 - GKCMMA Claims Clearinghouse Seminar, North Kansas City, MO
- 05/24/06 - ASK User Group Meeting N Kansas City
- North Kansas City, MO North Kansas City Hospital -
Main Hospital 1st Floor Lewis & Clark Room
- 05/25/06 – ASK User Group Meeting Olathe
- Olathe, KS Olathe Medical Center - Building 2, Room 315
20333 W. 151st. St.
- 05/31/06 – ASK User Group Meeting Chanute
- Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center Hospital Classroom 629 South Plummer
- 06/01/06 – ASK User Group Meeting Topeka
- Topeka, KS Stormont Vail Regional Health Center
Pozez Education Center - Centennial Room
1505 SW 8th St.
- 06/06/06 – ASK User Group Meeting Wichita
- Wesley Medical Center - Cessna Conference Center
550 North Hillside
- 06/14/06 – ASK User Group Meeting Hays
- Best Western Vagabond Restaurant
2524 Vine St.
East Room - located in the restaurant
- 6/22-6/23/06 – KMGMA Spring 2006 Conference, Wichita, KS
Provider Communications:
- The Just ASK! Newsletter is tentatively scheduled to be posted to the ASK website on June 12, 2006.
BCBSKS:
- We reminded of the new eligibility edits were turned on as warnings on 2/19. Warnings are changed to rejection edits within 90 days of implementation, which will be 5/21. Details of the edits can be found on the Internet.
835 Information:
- Medicare B is considering removing the option to receive a test remittance advice. The reason for consideration is due to the test remittance information being provided back from the Medicare standard system test environment is not always a true parallel of production and
consistent test information cannot always be created.
- Question asked - If a decision is made to only provide a production remittance how will this impact you?
- Dale from Payer Path indicated they found it easier to use a production remittance to test posting etc., with since the data was consistent with paper remittance.
- Martin from Misys indicated possible issues in the control of the production data automatically posting in production status instead of test. He also indicated concern with NPI testing. The concern was the addition of the NPI coming back on the 835. Marie did indicate currently
if the Medicare legacy provider number and the NPI number are submitted both are returned on the 835 today. Marie reminded only the qualifier is edited the NPI is not currently being edited by the EDI Front End or MCS EDI Front End.
- Mention of the creation of a dummy remittance file to be created and place in the public mailbox to be used for testing of the transaction.
- Additional comments, questions or concerns can be emailed to askedi@ask-edi.com
- Notification of 60 – 90 days of this decision was requested.
- 06/01/2006 Medicare Part B will no longer provide a ‘test’ electronic remittance advice.
- Medicare Part B is moving to a twice a week remittance advice. This will be coordinated with the elimination of the Standard Paper Remittance beginning on June 1, 2006. The first weekly remittance will be delivered to the trading partner mailboxes on June 7, 2006 and June
9, 2006. Daily remits will not be delivered to trading partners after June 1, 2006.
http://www.kansasmedicare.com/part_B/latest_news.htm
Telecommunications Changes:
- Notification was mailed as scheduled Monday April 24, 2006 notification to ½ of the 4000 + Trading Partners. The announcement of discontinuation of the toll free dial up numbers for electronic transactions for asynchronous or FTP file transfers August 1, 2006. Trading
Partners can still use a dial-up connection, but access will be via a local Topeka number. We will work with clients to help determine the best connectivity option. A copy of this letter is posted to www.ask-edi.com on the home page
under news, dated 05/09/06
- Email notification was also sent out Vendors signed up for the email list because of additional information that was added to the Trading Partners letters. This announce is that ASK will phase out these protocols and no longer provide these options after 6/30/2007. We
are therefore urging trading partners to consider one of the other alternatives
276/277 Issues:
- Medicare Part A is currently reporting issues from FISS.
We want to encourage you and your clients to share suggestions and ideas on how EDI Services can better assist. Please send an email to askedi@ask-edi.com. Blue Cross and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas as a Carrier and Intermediary would
like to ask you to submit to medicareedi@bcbsks.com suggestions on how we can better service you. Information posted to the web etc.,
The next regularly scheduled conference call is 06/15/2006.
Phone Number: 1-877-326-2337 – Pass code 2102557
Web Addresses:
www.kansasmedicare.com www.ask-edi.com
www.nebraskamedicare.com www.bcbsks.com
www.nwmissourimedicare.com www.bcbskc.com
Email Address: Phone:
askedi@ask-edi.com 800-472-6481
MedicareEDI@bcbsks.com
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