Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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Long-term services and supports provider HIPAA information
HIPAA Electronic Data Interchange
To achieve federal compliance all Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standard X12 inbound and outbound transactions must use the National Provider Identifier (NPI) to identify providers. These transactions include:
- the claims transactions (837I, 837P, 837D);
- the eligibility verification transactions (270/271);
- the claim status inquiry transactions (276/277);
- the remittance advice transactions (835); and
- enrollment transactions (834).
If you have any questions, please refer to the FAQs on this website or contact the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) HIPAA Project Office.
TexMedConnect and related documents
DADS continues to work with Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) to provide a quality interface that is HIPAA compliant. For information on the following, visit the links below:
- Download the latest version of TexMedConnect from TMHP
- For information on how to file a claim using TexMedConnect, contact TMHP
- National Code Sets (PDF)
- Long-term services and supports bill code crosswalk
- Home and Community-based Services and Texas Home Living bill code crosswalk
Updated: May 28, 2013