Title: What is EDI? Understanding Electronic Data Interchange in Healthcare – NEA
Headings: What is EDI? Understanding Electronic Data Interchange in Healthcare
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What is EDI? Understanding Electronic Data Interchange in Healthcare
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Content: But what is EDI? Electronic data interchange is more than just email; it is a structured way to transmit data between computer systems, governed by standards that are extremely important for medical claims. Organizing and sending data between parties in the medical and dental industries has always been a complicated process, particularly in the management of both patient medical records and health insurance reimbursement details. However, thanks to increases in efficiency, EDI implementation has proven to both save time and save money. An important element in EDI is that of standards. Each EDI document has a standardized format, which ensures that data can be quickly sent and interpreted on both sides. It is particularly important that providers and payors utilizing healthcare EDI transactions follow HIPAA regulations and ANSI standards. EDI formatting specifications are like blueprints for data, EDI guides that serve to make transitions between different data trading partners as smooth as possible. The reason that EDI has become especially important with respect to insurance claim documentation is the proven increase in efficiency seen with the use of electronic attachments.