So I've been doing research on the much discussed HIPPA 5010, but am still a bit confused about what our office needs to do. We are a very small practice--we have 3 doctors and we currently do not file claims electronically. We do use insurance company websites to check benefits and claims and to request authorizations. We use Therapist Helper, but again, not for electronic claims filing. The only electronic application we use Helper for is credit card processing.
I've heard everyone talking about various levels of testing, but I'm not really sure what is being tested--new HIPPA 5010 compliant versions of software? For applications like electronic claims submission?
I know there are a few other requirements like no PO boxes for providers and 9-digit zipcodes. But so far I have not found any resources on this that are definitive as well as clearly explained.
Any guidance is appreciated!