Chaired by the plan's chief information officer, the committee includes four of the plan's five senior vice presidents as well as its general counsel and compliance officer. New Jersey's Healthcare Information and Networks and Technology law calls on the Department of Banking and Insurance to promulgate requirements that mirror those in the DHHS regulation. Health care organizations in New Jersey are required to comply with the state requirements within a year of their publication. To date, New Jersey is the only state that has attempted to accelerate compliance with the DHHS transaction requirements in this way. Assess your current system.
Local codes describe medical services and goods.
Typically, each state's Medicaid agency has developed its own local codes, which vary from one state to another. Private health care organizations also may have developed local codes. DHHS has stated that local codes may not be used after the regulations take effect. At the same time, the code sets identified in the regulation do not provide substitutes for many of the local codes that currently are in use. The deadline for recommending substitutes to HCFA is April 2, 2001.