Comments on Standards for Claims Attachments

Co-author: Kanwarpreet Sethi   Lantana Consulting Group commented on the testimony provided on February 16, 2016, to the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) Subcommittee on Standards, Hearing…

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Updated C-CDA and QRDA Specs Now Available

The updates address errata approved by the HL7 Structured Document Work Group. Both draft standards for trial use are referenced in the Certification Criteria for Meaningful Use Stage 2…

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Our Perspective on Updating Consolidated CDA

Several proposals have come forward to augment HL7 Consolidated CDA with additional templates. The Structured Documents Work Group has taken the position that new templates supporting long term care will be added in an addendum rather than integrated into a new release of the spec. I think this position needs to be reconsidered both as a general course and for the specific material. Here’s why.

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That Was the Year That Was

We are just wrapping up our fifth annual Lantana retreat here at the sunny, frigid and idyllic C.O.D. Ranch in Oracle, AZ. Looking back, it’s been quite a year for us and for the industry.

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