HHS Publishes X12 Version 5010 Errata Notification

On Wednesday, October 13, 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published in the Federal Register a notification announcing maintenance changes to the standards adopted in our regulation entitled “Health Insurance Reform; Modifications to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Electronic Transaction Standards,” published in the Federal Register on January 16, 2009. These standards include the ASC X12 5010 (Version 5010) HIPAA electronic health care transactions. This notice also instructs interested persons on how to obtain the corrections, and advises HIPAA covered entities to be sure to use the HIPAA compliant version of each respective standard that includes these error corrections.