ASC X12 General SessionMonday, September 24, 2013Jacksonville, FL

Cathy SheppardChair, ASC X12

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A S C X 1 2 S U B C O M M I T T E E A C T I V I T I E S

• All of the subcommittees are meeting this week, working on their “usual and customary tasks” and activities specific to this meeting.

• See any subcommittee chair for more information.

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M O B I L E M E E T I N G A P P

• The meeting schedule and meeting updates are available on your smart phone or iPad.

• Attendees can access the app (no password) via:

– The scannable QR tag is at the registration desk

– http://www.x12app.com

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A S C X 1 2 C H A I R / V I C E - C H A I R E L E C T I O N S

• Margaret Weiker, Chair of ASC X12N chaired this year’s Nominating Committee and will oversee the election procedure.

– ASC X12 Chair Candidate – Cathy Sheppard

– ASC X12 Vice-Chair Candidate – Gary Beatty

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Honoring Significant CareerContributions in e-BusinessMessage Development

Pete AndersonUnitedHealth Group

E D W A R D A G U I L B E R T A W A R D

2013 eBusiness

Professional Award

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Honoring Current Contributions That Advance e-Business Message Development

Chris MillerIndividual Member

E A R L J B A S S A W A R D

2013 eBusiness

Achievment Award

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Honoring Individuals for their Continued Contributions to the ASC X12 Process After Professional Retirement

Dave Feinberg

M E M B E R E M E R I T U S

2013 Member

Emeritus Designation

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A S C X 1 2 : S T A B L E A N D I N N O V A T I V E

• ASC X12 continues to produce Standards and related products that improve efficiency and reduce costs.

• ASC X12 is actively working on new collaborative relationships.– X9

– SAP

– esMD

• ASC X12 is listening and responding to implementers and industry feedback.

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A S C X 1 2 E X A M P L E S W E B S I T E

• Our newest reference site: http://examples.x12.org

• Transaction Set examples – From ASC X12 Subcommittees

– From Implementers

– From Industry Groups

• Each example includes the data stream and description of the associated scenario.

• Organizations are invited to contribute examples to this site.

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C A R C / R A R C E N C Y C L O P E D I A ™

The newest version of the Code Value Usage in Health Care Claim Payments and Subsequent Claims TR2, commonly referenced as the CARC/RARC Encyclopedia™, offers an improved experience. • New look and feel improves the user experience

• New content provides a more robust reference manual

• New CSV version simplifies automation

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A S C X 1 2 C H A N G E R E Q U E S T S - O N L I N E

The ASC X12 Online Change Request tool provides convenient and direct entry of revision requests, simplifying requests for new work products and revisions to existing work products.

• V1 is a success. ASC X12N is using the Change Request tool to accept and process TR change requests.

• V2 is coming soon. The ASC X12 Steering Committee and Board will soon accept and process policy and procedure revision requests using the Change Request tool.

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O N L I N E C H A N G E R E Q U E S T B R O W S E R

To complement online change requests, ASC X12 now offers an online browser: http://crbrowser.x12.org.

This browser:

• Provides a method for anyone to look for existing requests before entering something similar

• Satisfies requests from members, implementers and industry groups

• Simplifies research

• Supports several search options

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D M & C M R E Q U E S T S

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R E Q U E S T S F O R I N F O R M A T I O N

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I N T E L L E C T U A L P R O P E R T Y P R O T E C T I O N

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I N T E L L E C T U A L P R O P E R T Y P R O T E C T I O N

Requests Reviewed Through August

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M E M B E R S H I P

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W O R K P R O D U C T S A L E S

Work product sales volumes

2011 2012 2013

Total Generic Standard 96 135 86

Bound 23 28 18

Compiled HTML (CHM or PDF) 73 107 68

Total Generic Table Data 11 15 7

Total Original TR3 Orders 1,355 366 268

Bound 18 2 2

PDF Download 1,245 363 264

PDF on CD 92 1 2

Total TR3 Table Data Orders 167 38 24

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W O R K P R O D U C T S A L E S

2011 2012 2013

Total Consolidated Guide Orders 1,502 901 361

Bound 12 23 2

PDF Download 1,485 871 352

PDF on CD 5 7 7

Change Description Guide Orders 481 59 9

Total TR3 Schema Orders 37 89 88

New Internal Use 32 54 46

New Redistributable Use 4 3 0

Renewal Internal Use - 29 39

Renewal Redistributable Use 1 3 4

Work product sales volumes

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W H A T I S H A P P E N I N G W I T H D I S A

• The DISA Board has new officers.– Jim Taylor, Ken Hutchison, Jim Leach and Jonathan Lyon.

• DISA continues to provide support to ASC X12.

• Transitioning of the DISA operations to ACORD has not been scheduled.

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W H A T I S H A P P E N I N G W I T H A C O R D

• The ASC X12 Board remains focused on ensuring ASC X12 continues as a strong organization that functions independently, is recognized as a standards development leader and aligns with other effective organizations to work toward mutual goals.

• ASC X12 and ACORD leaders are still actively engaged in negotiations.

• We expect negotiations to be concluded soon, certainly within a couple of weeks.

• I’ll send a member update out as soon as concrete details can be shared.

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A N S I S D O A C C R E D I T A T I O N A P P L I C A T I O N

• The ASC X12 SDO Accreditation Application has progressed through the first two stages of the ANSI Accreditation process, public review and ANSI subcommittee review.

• Our responses to the ANSI subcommittee comments have been submitted.

• The next step is approval from ANSI ’s Executive Committee.

• Following ANSI approval, a member ballot will be issued to confirm support for the new version of the OPM that supports SDO status.

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C H A I R O P E N F O R U M

Please drop by if you have questions about any ASC X12

activities or if you have suggestions for processes or

products that meet your organization’s business needs.

Tuesday4:00 – 5:00 PMBoardroom 2

3rd Floor

Wednesday1:00 – 2:00 PMBoardroom 2

3rd Floor

Or email questions to me at chair@ascx12.org

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ASC X12Reception6:00 PM

Grand Ballroom 4-5 Foyer • 2rd Floor

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