HIPAA Regulatory Alert
Doctors may not be ready for 5010
As the January 2012 deadline for hospitals to convert to HIPAA Version 5010 quickly approaches, a survey conducted by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has found that medical practices are lagging in the race to meet 5010 deadlines. In fact, 45.2% of practices report that they have not yet started implementation or software upgrades.
While 53.4% of the respondents said that they are fully aware of these HIPAA mandates, the majority said that they have not yet scheduled internal testing. Another 84.8% said that they have not yet prepared an impact analysis detailing how this conversion will affect operations.
Of the respondents, 42.9% said that their practice management vendor is geared up to replace or upgrade their system to accommodate the newer version, 34.5 percent said they are not.
Only 9.2% of practices said that they have begun internal software testing and 2% said that they do not plan to start internal testing until after the January 2012 deadline.
As the January 2012 deadline for hospitals to convert to HIPAA Version 5010 quickly approaches, a survey conducted by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has found that medical practices are lagging in the race to meet 5010 deadlines. In fact, 45.2% of practices report that they have not yet started implementation or software upgrades.You have reached your article limit for the month. Subscribe now to access this article plus other member-only content.
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