Forum FAQ

Q: Who participates on the Forum?

The Forum includes practitioners, hospitals, health plans, and purchasers. Board members represent prominent statewide associations, health systems, and health plans. The CEOs of the member organizations drive the Forum's activities and they demonstrate their commitment personally and financially. For a complete listing of the Board of Directors, click here.

Q: Why was the Forum established?

When the leadership of the member organizations first began meeting, we realized that the private healthcare market needed to come up with ways to increase the efficiency of the financing and delivery system and decrease the hassle factor between providers and health plans. We believe that focusing on greater efficiency and less hassle will mean reduced paperwork and better cash flow.

Q: What kind of work does the Forum do?

We began our work by targeting two key areas: administrative simplification and electronic solutions for the secure exchange of information. We later added a series of projects to help the health care community prepare for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) implementation in October of 2002.

Q: Where can I learn more about administrative simplification?

If this is your first time viewing this Web site, we recommend taking the first time user tour to orient yourself to what's available in this section. If you have additional questions about the Forum administrative simplification activities, you can also click here.

Q: Where can I learn more about the Forum's HIPAA activities?

If this is your first time viewing this Web site, we recommend taking the first time user tour to orient yourself to what's available about this topic. If you'd like to learn more about the Forum HIPAA activities, you can also click here.

Q: How can I get involved with the organization?

There are a number of ways to get involved with the Forum. We offer respondent groups and workgroups where providers and health plans tackle Administrative Simplification and HIPAA activities.

• To learn more about these groups, click here for administrative simplification and here for HIPAA.
• You can attend our annual educational workshops, which we plan to host each spring.
• Sign up for Email Updates to make sure you have the latest information about our policies, guidelines and other activities.

Q: Who pays for the Forum's activities?

The Forum is a self-sustaining organization whose members fund the work they do.