Statistics show quite a few of the providers are starting to free up from submitting claims. Even though providers are freeing up from claims, there are still problems with the payment system which is not smooth yet. Payments are delayed or providers are not sure which claims are denied or which claims aren't. At the provider and board conferences, it was known there was a lot of the up-front work for Diamond and that BH was on the back burner. It was always emphasized that the providers give as much BH data as they possibly can and at some point we would require they catch up with the data from July, 1999.
Boards have to deal with a variety of different systems for their providers.
Heartland East has several softwares and so does Montgomery. Franklin's providers have four different softwares. We want the BH information to follow the same pattern as claims. We're also working with the vendors. Vendors are working with the providers as potential clients to get data submitted in sync with the State's editing.