RelayHealth Launches TestTrack5010 Solution for Health Plans

[Lindsey Karberg]

RelayHealth Launches TestTrack5010 Solution for Health Plans

Web-based tool helps payors reduce the time required for testing new transaction set

ATLANTA, Oct. 26, 2009─RelayHealth, a leading provider of healthcare connectivity services, today announced that its new TestTrack5010SM for Payors tool is now available for health insurers to use. Part of RelayHealth’s suite of 5010 Compliance services, TestTrack5010 is a unique, Web-based solution that enables health plans to test processing of HIPAA 5010 medical claims, eligibility and other 5010 transactions using their own production data.

Available to RelayHealth payor customers with an EDI connection to the company, this testing service will help health plans reduce the amount of time and effort required to test the new government-mandated electronic transaction set by up to 75 percent.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2012, all payors and their trading partners, including healthcare providers, must use the ANSI X12 version 5010 transaction set to send and receive claims and other administrative data. Some experts estimate that the transition to the 5010 standard may cost health plans $7.7 billion to implement because of the hundreds of changes required in their claims systems. The most difficult part of this changeover will be testing their systems to ensure that they can accommodate 5010 transactions.

RelayHealth is the only company offering a free testing service that enables its health plan customers to use live data sets to test for HIPAA 5010 compliance. Payors can process their own transaction types in batch and real-time through TestTrack5010, which features HIPAA-compliant protection for personal health information (PHI).

The TestTrack5010 service also allows users to:
• Perform gap analyses by comparing 4010 and 5010 transaction content
• Convert 4010 files to 5010-compliant transactions
• Create benefit-specific 5010 test scenarios
• Review transaction details of selected items within batched claims

“The introduction of TestTrack5010 demonstrates RelayHealth’s ongoing leadership role in helping the healthcare community make the challenging transition to the new transaction standards, as well as the even more demanding switch to ICD-10 diagnostic coding that will follow,” said Jim Bodenbender, president of RelayHealth’s Provider and Consumer Solutions. “By providing this service, we can help payors efficiently achieve 5010 compliance which, in turn, will ensure they are able to sustain their service levels for their submitting providers.”

More information about TestTrack5010 for Payors is available at two special RelayHealth web sites (www.fasttrack5010.com and www.testtrack5010.com). An active member of numerous healthcare industry groups, RelayHealth is committed to supporting its payors, providers and business partners with tools and services to transition to HIPAA 5010. RelayHealth’s 5010 plans for providers and business partners will be announced in upcoming months.

About RelayHealth
RelayHealth, McKesson’s connectivity business, operates as a neutral partner in an open network environment, offering connectivity services and integration among all organizations, systems, and solutions. Its intelligent network is designed to streamline clinical, financial and administrative communication between patients, providers, payors, pharmacies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and financial institutions. RelayHealth works to accelerate the delivery of high-quality care and improve financial performance through solutions such as electronic prescribing, point-of-service pharmacy claims resolution by payors, pre-visit patient financial clearance by providers, and post-visit provider bill settlement by payors and patients. RelayHealth securely processes more than 12.8 billion financial and clinical transactions annually across its diverse connectivity businesses. RelayHealth’s connectivity services interoperate with more than 20 different ambulatory EHRs and practice management systems. For more information, call (800) 778-6711, or visit our Web site at www.RelayHealth.com
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