ZyDoc.com Corporation, Inc., believes the final standards promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) represent sound business practice-that these standards will streamline health care administration while ensuring the privacy, confidentiality and security of our customers' data. We are committed to helping our customers comply with all applicable HIPAA standards within the timeframes established by law.

You may have seen recent announcements by Blue Cross and Blue Shield who will now accept HIPAA Non-Compliant Provider Claims.  They are doing this under Contingency Plans.  You may be wondering, what is the impact of this new legislation on my hospital, on my practice? 

The U.S. Congress enacted HIPAA with extensive input from the health industry regarding the importance of EDI for reducing the administrative costs and complexity of health care and health benefits delivery. ZyDoc.com Corporation has followed the work of the Accredited Standards Committee's X12N Insurance Subcommittee (ASC X12N), the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDi), and the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP), three organizations active in proposing standards that are the basis of those adopted under HIPAA.

ZyDoc.com has a 10-year operating history and more than five years experience working extensively with the ASC X12N standards in electronic claims, electronic remittance, eligibility inquiry and information and services review. We are monitoring ongoing developments in the various HIPAA standards and are actively working to facilitate our end users' ability to comply with the final standards.  We diligently apply high security encryption technology to enhance the private communication of patient medical information.  Additionally, with the recent implementation of the ZyDoc Data Center, we have increased the security level across our technology infrastructure. 

ZyDoc.com Corporation currently uses many applicable national standards for electronic data interchange (EDI). As you may know, the HIPAA-regulated transactions will no longer permit multiple standards and only the ASC X12N standard transaction will be acceptable. This change will be implemented over the next two years for the HIPAA transaction regulations already finalized.  As additional regulations become law, ZyDoc will work within the allotted period to ensure compliance.  Customers will regularly need to upgrade their ZipIt software as new versions are released.  ZyDoc provides ZipIt upgrades at no charge to all customers with accounts in good standing. 

At ZyDoc.com Corporation, we have the continuing goal of increasing uniformity, efficiency, and speed of electronic medical information interchange within the national standards for safeguarding the privacy and security of our clients' information. HIPAA begins a new era of cooperation among all generators and users of electronic medical information. We know that, like every healthcare practitioner, you want to satisfy impending HIPAA deadlines.

Please contact our office if you have any questions or concerns regarding ZyDoc and HIPAA compliance.