Sybase used the following guidelines in developing the compliance rules supplied with Sybase HIPAA Accelerator 6.0:
The maps are based on the final Implementation Guide Addenda. Sybase does not create product based on drafts or HIPAA documents that are not finalized.
If a gray box rule, note, or front matter explanation exists within the published HIPAA Implementation Guides and a validation rule can be reasonably determined, the gray box rule, note or front-matter explanation is included in the compliance maps.
Assumptions or leaps of logic were not employed in the creation of validation rules.
“Should” is interpreted as optional, whereas “must” is interpreted as required.
Assumptions regarding negative conditions are not included. For example, if a gray box rule states, “If it is Tuesday, the patient’s eye color is required,” the rule would be written to verify the day of the week. If the day of the week was Tuesday, the compliance map would require that “eye color” be included. However, if the day of the week was any day but Tuesday and the “eye color” was still present, a rule would not be written to reject that condition.
