Med-QUEST
contracts with three private managed care organizations: AlohaCare,
Kaiser, and HMSA. These health plans are considered trading partners
to Med-QUEST for the purpose of sending and receiving HIPAA-mandated
electronic transactions. The three health plans are:
Government
agencies acting as health plans for Hawaii Medicaid can look under
this section or under the “Other Government Agencies/Divisions”
section for relevant transaction and code set information.
Med-QUEST
and the QUEST health plans successfully implemented the 834 and
820 transactions, which went into production on November 1, 2003.
Med-QUEST thanks the QUEST health plans for their efforts during
the testing process and credits the team effort as key to the
implementation success.
Health
plans will be implementing the 837 Encounter implementation next.
The planned implementation date is April 1, 2004. Med-QUEST has
provided a draft Companion Document for the transaction, and regularly
scheduled meetings will be conducted to review the document and
address issues. Plans are encouraged to contact Med-QUEST directly
for issues related to the 837 Encounter transaction.
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