Sybase HIPAA Accelerator implementation adheres to a careful interpretation of the gray box rules, called Industry Notes in the HIPAA Implementation Guides. Because these rules are subject to different interpretations, Sybase is involved with HIPAA Conformance Certification Organization Common Conformance Assessment Program (HCCO CCAP), whose interoperability testing assists vendors in interpreting the Implementation Guides in the same manner, regardless of the tools they use to process their claims.
Sybase HIPAA Accelerator’s HIPAA compliance maps support the following changes to the December 2003 HCCO CCAP test suites:
The removal of errors for trailing spaces, warnings are recommended but not a violation
The removal of errors for leading zeroes, warnings are recommended but not a violation
The presence of empty segments; for example, N4 present but without data is compliant
The presence of extra data; for example, NM104 present but not required when a “1” is compliant
