Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), transmission or exchange of information between two parties to carry out financial or administrative activities related to health care.

Electronic method established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for accepting and tracking change requests for any of the adopted HIPAA transaction standards via a single website.

1. Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a complete batch of claims that includes the header, trailer, and claim data. 2. Series of blocks that compose a business transaction (e.g., patient admission form).

Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), specific rules and guidelines for the transmission of electronic insurance claims.

1. Relocating or moving a patient from one health care facility or inpatient unit to another for additional treatment. Under the Medicare prospective payment system, the transferring hospital is paid based on a per diem rate and the patient’s length of stay. The diagnosis-related group (DRG) payment is made to the final discharging facility. 2. Move membership from one health insurance to another.

One of four periods during which an individual can enroll in Medicare Part A. TEP is for people age 65 or older who have Part B only and are enrolled in a Medicare managed care plan. They can sign up for Medicare Part A during any month they leave the plan or if the plan coverage ends, they have 8 months to sign up. The 8 months start the month after the month they leave the plan or the plan coverage ends. If they enroll in Part B or Part A during the general enrollment period (GEP), the coverage starts on July 1. Also see initial enrollment period (IEP), general enrollment period (GEP) , and special enrollment period (SEP) .

Review of transfers to different areas of the same hospital that are exempted from prospective payment.