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49 | Appendix B: NCPDP Standards
Appendix B: NCPDP Standards
This section describes how to use NCPDP transactions in TIBCO Foresight products.
The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) has data interchange
standards for pharmacy services. NCPDP's Telecommunication Standard Version 5.1 and
D.0 are supported by TIBCO Foresight validation products (EDISIM, HIPAA Validator
Desktop, and Instream). The batch transaction standard for enveloping is Version 1.1 for
HIPAA.
NCPDP in TIBCO Foresight Products
The NCPDP5 and NCPDPD0 guidelines are HIPAA-specific and so are distributed with the
following TIBCO Foresight products:
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HIPAA Validator Desktop version 4.1 or later
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Instream version 4.1 or later – validation (including Trading Partner Automation)
only.
You can use it with these modules of EDISIM 5.13 or later (copy
NCPDP5.STD
and
NCPDPD0.STD
from Instream’s or HIPAA Validator Desktop’s
Database
folder to
EDISIM’s
User Files\Public Guidelines
directory:
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EDISIM Standards Editor – including the ability to create rules
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EDISIM Document Builder – creates X12-format output
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EDISIM Comparator
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EDISIM Standards Reference
NCPDP does not work with EDISIM’s Test Data Generator and Analyzer modules.