The American Medical Association and the Medical Group Management Association have released a new online directory of practice management information systems that are capable of meeting HIPAA 5010 transaction standards, Health Data Management reports (Goedert, Health Data Management, 4/28).
HHS has set a deadline of Jan. 1, 2012, for using HIPAA 5010 transaction sets, which regulate the transmission of certain health care transactions (iHealthBeat, 3/14).
AMA President Cecil Wilson said, “As the date for compliance with the government’s updated standard for electronic claims transaction rapidly approaches, physicians need to have practice-management software in place that meets those standards.”
The directory includes information on:
Product pricing;
How many users have installed a product;
The number of years a product has been on the market (Conn, Modern Healthcare, 4/29); and
Affiliated electronic health record products (Health Data Management, 4/28).
