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How
is HL7 Organized
The
organization is managed by a Board of Directors, which is comprised
of eight elected positions and three appointed positions. The organization
is comprised of Technical
Committees and Special
Interest Groups that are responsible for defining the HL7 standard
protocol. Each Technical Committee and Special Interest group is chaired
by two or more co-chairs. Collectively, the co-chairs comprise the
Technical Steering Committee, which votes on issues related to the
standard. Votes of the Technical Steering Committee as passed as recommendations
to the Board of Directors, who make the final decision. HL7 members
are encouraged to participate in all of these committees.
New
and Ongoing Initiatives
Health
Level Seven's initial involvement in the HIPAA legislation began
in 1996 with the formation of the Claims Attachments special interest
group (since re-named simply the Attachment special interest group.)
The Attachment Special Interest Group was formed to standardize
the supplemental information needed to support health care insurance,
and other e-commerce transactions. The initial deliverable of this
group was six
recommended Claims Attachments for the Notice of Proposed Rule
Making (NPRM) process.
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Future attachment projects include, but are not limited to, Home
Health, Skilled Nursing Facility, Durable Medical Equipment (DME),
End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), and Pre-Authorization and Referrals.
An important effort as guided by the Board of HL7 the, Attachment
special interest group is tasked with assisting in the implementation
of the Administrative Simplification provisions of HIPAA mandates,
providing on-going support, and to represent HL7 in the HIPAA
Designated Standards Maintenance Organization (DSMO) efforts.
Its purpose is to encourage the use of HL7 for uniform implementation
of this supplemental information. This SIG coordinates industry
input to produce and maintain guides for HL7 messages that can stand
alone or be embedded within ASC X12N transactions.
Final
copies of all HIPAA-mandated standards can be obtained from the
Washington Publishing
web site.
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