HIPAA Advanced Courses
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Three HIPAA advanced courses are available
- Transactions and Code Sets
- Microsoft Biztalk Server
- HIPAA Security Specialists
Transactions and Code Sets
the healthcare industry has adapted ANSCI X12N as the code set to transfer
billing and patient records between payers, providers, clearinghouses,
value added providers and business partners. Consultants are needed to code medical transactions
to comply with new HIPAA standards.
e-Business and B2B Processing
X12N Codes and will be transfered and shared by healtcare providers and partners across the business
enterprise. Microsoft's Biztalk server is a collaborative processor used to
transfer this information. EDI is generally used to transfer the information between partners. The EDI
codes are converted into XML for mapping and back-end processing within each provider's domain. Biztalk uses Accelerators
that contain industry specific templates to map amd to process information shared by various business partners.
An overview of Biztalk is outlined below:
Accelerators are used to support a broad spectrum of business scenarios and industries, from high tech to healthcare. Accelerators for BizTalk Server add new functionality and complement Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers, vastly reducing the time, effort, and costs associated with solution development, deployment, and management. BizTalk Server accelerators include a powerful combination of product enhancements, simple-to-use tools, documentation, and samples that are developed in concert to ensure they work well together. This translates into rapid deployments, a lower overall cost of ownership, and improved efficiency.
Microsoft currently offers three BizTalk Server accelerators:
Note: BizTalk Accelerator for Financial Services will be available in the first quarter of 2003. To learn more about how this new accelerator extends the BizTalk Server platform to provide a reliable and scalable foundation for rapidly deploying Straight Through Processing (STP) solutions, visit the BizTalk Accelerator for Financial Services page.
BizTalk Accelerator for HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) compliance will affect almost every healthcare organization. BizTalk Accelerator for HIPAA provides a rapid, reliable, and fiscally sound path to HIPAA transaction compliance that will enable your organization to meet HIPAA requirements today and in the future.
BizTalk Accelerator for HIPAA offers an unbeatable package: a complete enterprise platform, a product set that can be deployed rapidly, downloadable schema updates, and the combined expertise of Washington Publishing Company (WPC)—the exclusive publisher of the X12N Implementation Guides adopted under HIPAA—and Microsoft.
BizTalk Accelerator for HIPAA offers:
- A trusted resource. BizTalk Accelerator for HIPAA mitigates the risks associated with achieving HIPAA transaction compliance by helping healthcare organizations to achieve transaction accuracy, minimize the costs of ongoing maintenance, adapt to future rule changes, and prepare for the possibility of governmental auditing.
- A foundational technology for healthcare. Microsoft is committed to helping healthcare organizations improve the delivery and finance of care. BizTalk Accelerator for HIPAA provides the foundation for creating healthcare without boundaries through open standards-based communication and system interoperability.
- Fiscal responsibility. HIPAA transaction compliance presents technical and fiscal challenges for the healthcare industry. BizTalk Accelerator for HIPAA is a powerful, easy-to-use solution that makes achieving HIPAA compliance easier and more cost-effective.
BizTalk Accelerator for Suppliers
BizTalk Accelerator for Suppliers provides an extensible software solution that enables suppliers to sell more effectively through multiple online channels. The accelerator is built on an extensible architecture, giving organizations the ability to connect externally to their many B2B trading partners as well as internal line-of-business applications such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, supply chain management systems, or customer relationship management (CRM) systems. Pre-built supplier portal or extranet templates make it easy for suppliers to create a unique Web experience for customers that take advantage of remote shopping standards and also integrate directly with their customers’ procurement applications, custom applications, and industry marketplaces.
BizTalk Accelerator for Suppliers offers:
- Increased revenue and business agility. With BizTalk Accelerator for Suppliers, a company can increase revenue and strengthen relationships with existing customers while lowering trading costs incurred by manual processes. Companies can also become more agile by providing an efficient way to enter new markets and respond to market changes in a timely manner. In addition, businesses can use the included tools and adapters to interact with new selling channels and capabilities based on the various technologies, protocols, data formats, and business processes.
- An opportunity to differentiate yourself from the competition. BizTalk Accelerator for Suppliers gives companies the ability to expose the supplier's full value proposition and brand in an electronic medium. Companies can lower transaction and integration costs and accelerate the process of acquiring new customers while increasing the business with an existing customer base.
- Reduced costs and ability to take advantage of existing investments. Enhance and complement existing business processes and technology investments such as ERP, supply chain, CRM, logistics, collaboration, and more.
BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet
BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet was designed with flexibility in mind, and uses BizTalk Server functionality along with RosettaNet–specific tools to provide a platform for reducing the costs and business impact associated with trading partner integration by means of RosettaNet.
BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet 2.0 includes all current RosettaNet Partner Interface Processes (PIPs) and full support for the RosettaNet Implementation Framework (RNIF) versions 1.1 and 2.0 to provide significant benefits, including:
- Rapid implementation. BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet takes advantage of the infrastructure and rapid development and deployment tools in BizTalk Server 2002. BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet makes the deployment process faster by combining an enterprise-class infrastructure that was built for heterogeneous IT environments, easy-to-use and easy-to-change graphical tools, and complete support for industry standards like RosettaNet (high tech), CIDX (chemicals), and PIDX (petroleum) to lower overall time, impact, and most importantly, risk associated with deploying and maintaining a RosettaNet presense.
- Increased flexibility. BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet is flexible enough to support the vast array of today's partnerships, and those of tomorrow. Because support is included for multiple versions of RosettaNet (1.1 and 2.0), Chemical Industry Data Exchange (CIDX), Petroleum Industry Data Exchange (PIDX), and a complete toolset for adding and managing additional standards and formats, you can establish trading partnerships with almost any organization. This same flexibility can also be extended within your organization, by enabling you to use the industry-developed adapters for integrating BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet into your existing business applications.
- Reduced costs. BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet is built on the most widespread and accepted RosettaNet standards. You can use pre-built PIPs to quickly and securely implement the processes your trading partners need. Or, you can use the Partner Agreement Wizard to import new or custom PIPs and test them before they are deployed, dramatically improving change management capabilities and reducing associated risks and costs. Keep in mind that the impact of providing a RosettaNet presence does not end at development. Enterprise-class management tools included in BizTalk Server reduce the ongoing costs of maintaining a RosettaNet presence by easing the burden of maintaining messaging infrastructure, trading relationships, and installed Partner Interface Processes.
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