Companion Guide definition

Companion Guide means a supplement to CMS Implementation Guides and provides information about the requirements for the exchange of electronic data with AultCare.
Companion Guide means the Virginia Workers' Compensation Electronic Billing and Payment Companion Guides, based on International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions National Companion Guides, a separate document that gives detailed information for electronic data interchange (EDI) medical billing and payment for the workers' compensation industry using national standards and Virginia specific procedures.
Companion Guide means the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division Electronic Billing and Payment Companion Guide adopted by the division in these rules that provides standards for workers’ compensation electronic billing transactions.

Examples of Companion Guide in a sentence

  • The TennCare HIPAA Companion Guide is a multi-part document that can be accessed from the TennCare SFTP server or provided by e-mail via written request.

  • Providers shall (a) follow the requirements for electronic data interchange in accordance with the current HIPAA Administrative Simplification transaction standards and WellCare Companion Guide, and (b) submit all claims and encounter data either through a clearinghouse used by Health Plan or directly to Health Plan in accordance with the WellCare Companion Guide.

  • All TennCare specific information can be found in the TennCare HIPAA Companion Guide, which is a de facto part of this Trading Partner Agreement.

  • The Plan agrees to supply the Provider, Billing Agency and/or Clearinghouse with a copy of the Plan’s Companion Guide and Communication Specifications.

  • HCA and Submitter acknowledge they have read the Agreement and the Companion Guide, which is incorporated herein by this reference, understand them, and agree to be bound by their terms and conditions.


More Definitions of Companion Guide

Companion Guide means a CMS-authored guide, available on the CMS web site, which is meant to be used in conjunction with and supplement relevant implementation guides published by the Accredited Standards Committee.
Companion Guide means the HCA Companion Guide, which supplements the CMS Implementation Guide(s) and provides information about and requirements for the exchange of electronic data with HCA. HCA may update the Companion Guide from time to time. The Companion Guide that is current on the effective date of the Agreement and all updated versions subsequent to the effective date and during the life of the Agreement, by this reference, are made a part of this Agreement, as though completely set forth herein. Failure of Submitter to comply with any Companion Guide requirement(s) will constitute default of a material obligation of the Agreement under Section 11.1.
Companion Guide means the Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Electronic Billing and Payment Companion Guide, based on IAIABC National Companion Guide, and is a separate document which gives detailed information for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) medical billing and payment for the workers’ compensation industry using national standards and Tennessee jurisdictional procedures.
Companion Guide means the guide issued by BCBSNC that provides Trading Partner with guidelines for submitting electronic transactions. The Companion Guide documents assumptions, conventions, and other data issues that may be specific to BCBSNC business processes when implementing the HIPAA ASC X12N Implementation Guides. The Companion Guide neither 32366-3 replaces the HIPAA ASC X12N Implementation Guides for transaction sets, nor attempts to amend any of the rules therein or impose any mandates on Trading Partner.
Companion Guide means the WellPoint specific details, requirements, processes and implementation steps in furtherance of and in accordance with the ANSI Implementation Guides for the applicable electronic transactions. In addition, the Companion Guide also includes general information and instructions on electronic data interchange with WellPoint, including, but not limited to, communications protocols, testing, requirements, and acknowledgments, as may be updated by WellPoint from time to time. 1.3. "Direct Submitter" is a Trading Partner that submits claims to WellPoint without interfacing with a third party or a clearinghouse. 1.4. "Electronic Transactions Trading Partner Agreement" means this Agreement, into which the Companion Guide is incorporated herein by reference. 1.5. "Health Benefit Plan" means the document(s) describing the partially or wholly: (i) insured, (ii) underwritten, and/or (iii) administered, health care benefits or services program between the Plan and an employer, governmental entity or other entity or individual; or, in the case of a self-funded arrangement, the plan document, which describes the covered services for a Member. 1.6. "Member" means any individual who is eligible, as determined by the Plan and as described in the Health Benefit Plan, to receive covered services under a Health Benefit Plan. References to "Covered Person" have the same meaning as "Member". 1.7. "Plan" means: (i) WellPoint; (ii) an Affiliate as designated by WellPoint; (iii) any Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plan; and/or (iv) a self-funded account which is administered in whole or in part by WellPoint, an Affiliate or any Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plan. 1.8. "System" means the electronic transactions system(s) utilized by WellPoint that are described in the Companion Guide. 1.9. "Standard Claim Transaction" or "Standard Transaction" means a Transaction that is in a HIPAA compliant format or as otherwise specified in WellPoint's Companion Guide. 1.10. "Transaction" means an electronic claim or equivalent electronic encounter information, electronic remittance advice, electronic health care claim status, electronic referral certification and authorization, electronic eligibility information, electronic health plan premium payments, or any other Transaction that may be adopted as a Standard Transaction.
Companion Guide means the documentation WellPoint provides to Trading Partner in connection with this Agreement, and as updated from time to time by WellPoint, and which specifies WellPoint’s requirements for submission of Transactions to WellPoint.