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Discontinuance of HIPAA Contingency Plan
Illinois Medicaid - HFS·IL·Provider Notice
Effective date
Jan 1, 2006
We identified it
Jun 21, 2026
Summary
Blue Cross/Blue Shield THIN of Illinois will stop accepting electronic claims in non-HIPAA compliant NSF or UB92 formats effective January 1, 2006. All providers must convert to HIPAA-compliant 837 transaction formats or their electronic claims will be rejected.
Action Required
By January 1, 2006: Billing team must convert electronic claims transmission from NSF or UB92 formats to HIPAA-compliant 837 transaction format. Contact software vendor or IT department to update claim submission systems. Claims submitted in non-compliant formats will be rejected after this date.