CMS Issues HIPAA Electronic Transaction Deadline Reprieve

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will
implement a contingency plan to accept noncompliant electronic
transactions after the October 16, 2003, compliance deadline, CMS
announced September 23. This plan will ensure continued processing
of claims from thousands of providers who will not be able to meet
the deadline and otherwise would have had their Medicare claims
rejected, the agency said.