VDP Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Transaction Standard 835 Companion Guide Now Available

Published on

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) selected Gainwell Technologies (Gainwell) as the pharmacy benefit administrator for the Texas Vendor Drug Program (VDP). 

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Transaction Standard 835 Companion Guide to the v5010 Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12N Implementation Guide standard regulates the electronic transmission of certain health care transactions (X12) Type 3 Technical Reports (TR3) and associated errata adopted under HIPAA clarifies and specifies the data content when exchanging electronically with Gainwell on behalf of VDP to process fee-for-service claims. 

Refer to the System Transition Resources for more information about this change. You can also register with the HHSC email notification service to review emails from VDP about the change.