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Release Notes for IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender Pack for HIPAA EDI, V4.4.1.5

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Abstract

This document provides information on the release of WebSphere® Transformation Extender Pack for HIPAA EDI version 4.4.1.5

Content

IBM WebSphere® Transformation Extender Pack for HIPAA EDI version 4.4.1.5 release notes

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CONTENTS
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1. About this release
2. Installation and configuration information
3. Known limitations, problems and workarounds
4. New and changed behavior
5. Resolved Authorized Program Analysis Reports (APARS)
6. Contacting customer support
7. Notices and trademarks

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1. ABOUT THIS RELEASE
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Where to find the software to download
To download the software for this pack, go to Passport Advantage® Online.

System requirements

For details about supported hardware and software for this pack, see the system requirements.

What's new in this release

The following functionality is new in this version of the project:


Documentation notes

In addition to these release notes, documentation for the Pack for HIPAA EDI includes documentation that installs with the product, and documentation that is available online. Details about this documentation is described below.

NOTE: For additional information about WebSphere Transformation Extender product documentation, see the Documentation release notes.


Installed documentation
  • A PDF file for this pack is accessed from the Windows Start menu, or by navigating to:

    install_dir/docs/en/healthcare/1039.pdf

    Where install_dir indicates the installed location of the base WebSphere Transformation Extender product.
  • Online documentation is accessed from the WebSphere Transformation Extender Design Studio Help menu.
Online documentation

The latest documentation for the pack is available on the web.


Translated documentation

Documentation for this release is provided in English (United States) only.

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2. INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
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Installation prerequisites

Before you install this version of the pack, one of the versions of the WebSphere Transformation Extender base product listed in the following table must first be installed.

If you are installing the pack from the ESD site, install the pack using the executable (*.exe) file associated with your WebSphere Transformation Extender base product, as indicated in the table below:

Websphere Transformation Extender base product requiredESD site executable file
8.2.0.6hipaa4415_82.exe
8.3.0.6hipaa4415_83.exe
8.4.0.5hipaa4415_84.exe
8.4.1.2hipaa4415_841.exe


Installing the pack on Windows systems

To install the WebSphere Transformation Extender Packs for HIPAA EDI, perform the following procedures:
  1. Obtain the product media, or image from the Support Downloads page.
  2. Run the setup.exe command. If you are installing the pack from the ESD site, run the .exe command associated with your WebSphere Transformation Extender base product (see table above).
  3. Follow the instructions in the installation program.


Installing the pack on z/OS

After installing the Pack for HIPAA EDI on a Windows workstation, perform the following steps for each z/OS execution platform prior to porting and executing the HIPAA X12 Compliance Check application on that platform:

1. Transfer the load library module file:

install_dir\packs\healthcare_vn.n.n\hipaa\platform_support\zos\hcsvu.loadlib

as binary to a z/OS dataset of 80-byte fixed length records named 'my.hipaa.upload'. There should be no ASCII to EBCDIC translation and no elimination of carriage-return or line-feed characters.

2. After the file is on z/OS, issue the TSO Receive command to create a load library as follows:
  1. At the prompt, enter the following: ready
  2. Enter the following: receive inda ('my.hipaa.upload')

3. After you have entered the TSO Receive command (above), you will see the following messages:

INMR901I Dataset HCSVU, UPLOAD from USER on NODENAME
INMR906A Enter restore parameters or 'DELETE' or 'END' +

4. Enter the name of the load library to be created as follows: da ('my.hipaa.loadlib')

Messages are displayed that indicate that the load library is being created.

5. In the JCL responsible for executing the HIPAA X12 Compliance Check application, include a STEPLIB for the created load library that appears before the WebSphere Transformation Extender Core Install loadlib. For example:

//STEPLIB    DD    DSN=MY.HIPAA.LOADLIB,DISP=SHR
//           DD    DSN=MY.WTX.INSTALL.LOADLIB,DISP=SHR


Deploying the pack on UNIX

After installing the Pack for HIPAA EDI on a windows workstation, perform the following steps for each UNIX execution platform prior to porting and executing the HIPAA X12 Compliance Check application on that platform.
  1. Copy the UNIX shared library object for the HIPAA X12 structure validation utility, hcsvu.so or hcsvu.sl, from path: install_dir\packs\hipaa\platform_support\os where 'os' indicates the aix, hp, or sun operating system folder) to install_dir/libs on the target machine.
  2. Ensure that permissions on the shared library are set for read and execute.

If the setup script in the IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender installation library is not run by the profile of the user, then the hcsvu.sl/hcsvu.so should be copied to the location on the target machine that contains the compiled compliance check application maps.

Uninstalling the pack
  1. Click Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
  2. Select the pack that you want to remove.
  3. Click Change/Remove and follow the prompts.

NOTE : The Repair or Remove options are no longer available in the installation program. You must uninstall the packs using the procedure detailed above.

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3. KNOWN LIMITATIONS, PROBLEMS, AND WORKAROUNDS
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Type 5 tree update requires WebSphere Transformation Extender examples

When running the type_5_tree_update in the Pack for HIPAA EDI on WebSphere Transformation Extender version 8.3, 8.4 or 8.4.1, the WebSphere Transformation extender examples must be installed. You must do a custom installation of the WebSphere Transformation Extender base product in order to install these examples.

Set permissions when deploying Compliance Check components to Sterling B2B Integrator

When deploying compliance check components to Sterling B2B Integrator, make sure that the permissions are set accordingly on the si_pack_dir (the location where WebSphere Transformation Extender products are deployed on the Sterling B2B Integrator server), and all subsequent subdirectories, including the compiled maps and the utility module.

Update to the basic steps for running the Configurable Rules Application

When you follow the steps in the "Basic steps for running the Configurable Rules Application", as provided in the pack user documentation, be aware that the Extender Project must point to the following location:

install_dir\packs\healthcare_vn.n.n\hipaa

If the Extender Project does not point to this location, the Configurable Rules application will not run properly.

Make certain that you do not create the Extender Project with the default check-box setting "Use Default Location".


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4. NEW AND CHANGED BEHAVIOR
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Single Pass HIPAA Compliance Checking

The validation in the WebSphere Transformation Extender Pack for HIPAA EDI Compliance Check module is typically accomplished by multiple validation 'passes'.

The first step validates the data through a type tree to determine which transactions are valid and which are invalid. Invalid transactions are then checked using a more detailed process to determine where the errors occurred within the transaction.
  • The first part of the detailed validation process is to validate the data structurally. The data must pass basic HIPAA structure validation in order to determine and add loop identifiers in the data. If the data is not well structured and fails this process, the loop identification cannot be determined and subsequent steps in the complete validation process do not execute. In order to report more errors, a 'relaxed structure check option' has been added to module to lessen the structure check requirements and therefore report more errors in such circumstances.
Relaxed Structure Check option. - A Relaxed Structure Check option is new in this release of the WebSphere Transformation Extender Pack for HIPAA. This option produces more errors, both structural and those related to HIPAA compliance, in a single pass rather than requiring two complete executions of the module. Note the following:
  • A new parameter is now included in the compliance_check_5010_parameter.dat file to allow for relaxed level 2 validation, if enabled. The default value for this parameter is No. With this default setting the Compliance Check module behaves as in previous releases.
  • The HIPAA_Relaxed_T2_Structure_Check_Enabled parameter is used to indicate whether relaxed structure is to be performed on the input data if the data fails WEDI/SNIP type 2 structure checking. This new processing is performed only if there are errors found during type 2 structure checking. If errors are not present, this processing is bypassed. Also, this new processing is only executed when type 2 checks are enabled. If only type 1 checking is enabled, the setting is ignored. The following are allowable settings :
      • Yes - perform relaxed type 2 structure checks if WEDI/SNIP level 2 structure checking fails.
      • No - do not perform relaxed type 2 structure checks on the data.

NOTE: The default setting is No.

In order to implement this relaxed checking, a new set of information has been added to enable this processing called 'R2 records'.

R2 records. Each transaction set in the hipaa_x12_structure.dat file has an additional structure record with a validation type of R2 (relaxed type 2).

The R2 records have these rules applied:
  • The segments that define loops do not change. These segments must be kept intact to determine the correct loop IDs. This includes the segments: HL, NM1, N1 and ENT.
      • If data fails both T2 (standard WEDI/SNIP type 2) and R2 (relaxed type 2) structure checking, validation is stopped and only the structural errors are reported on the acknowledgement.
  • The qualifier is removed from these records thus making the checking 'relaxed' for those segments that are used for choice and unordered loops. This includes instances of the following segments: REF, DTP, AMT, CRC, DTM, HI, III, NTE, PER, QTY, PWK. If the qualifier is not checked, any segments with invalid, or too many qualifiers, continues in the validation process.
  • The cardinality of any segment that is not a loop defining segment, is relaxed to match the cardinality of standard X12 (Type 1) validation, except in the cases where Type 2 is more relaxed than Type 1.
  • The results of the first type 2 structure check are reported along with the results of the Relaxed Structure Check. This results in duplicate reporting, but does allow all of the errors to be reported in one pass of the compliance check application.

Any segment that is not allowed for use under HIPAA, is not allowed in the relaxed validation and produces an error if encountered.

If the data fails at both standard WEDI/SNIP type 2 and relaxed type 2 structure checking, then validation stops and only the errors as reported in the structure checking are reported.
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5. RESOLVED AUTHORIZED PROGRAM ANALYSIS REPORTS (APARs)
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For a list of the APARs that are fixed in this version of the product, see the Fix List.

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6. CONTACTING CUSTOMER SUPPORT
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Contact Customer Support at 1-800-IBM-SERV, or go to the support portal.


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