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TPA of Georgia
Instructions
for EDI Claims Submissions
Overview
This page provides instructions for
submission of claims via EDI to TPA of Georgia. All entities wishing to conduct
EDI with
TPA of Georgia must sign an EDI Trading Partner
Agreement, or submit their claims through a clearinghouse
or
similar entity that already has an EDI Trading Partner Agreement in place with
TPA of Georgia.
If you are attempting to send files via EDI to TPA of
Georgia for the first time and do not have an EDI Trading Partner
Agreement
in place, you will also need to go through an EDI System Test
to ensure that both parties are able to exchange files
successfully and that all files are in compliance with agreed-upon
specifications. Please contact TPA of Georgia via the
EDI Contact Information
given below to initiate EDI Trading Partner agreements and System
Tests.
Acceptable Methods of EDI File Transfers /
Exchanges
TPA of Georgia currently accepts EDI
documents through secure FTP. If you would like to use another method for file
exchange, please contact TPA of Georgia through the EDI Contact Information
provided below to discuss alternate file
exchange
protocols.
Secure FTP
TPA
of Georgia utilizes a secure FTP server that supports 128-bit SSL
encryption. In order to send files through the secure
FTP server, you must
use an SSL-enabled FTP client program. Some SSL-enabled FTP client programs
available commercially are:
In order to submit files to TPA of Georgia through their secure
FTP server, you must first obtain an FTP account on the server.
Please
contact TPA of Georgia through the EDI Contact Information provided
below.
EDI Contact Information
Please contact the
following person for all inquiries related to conducting EDI with TPA of
Georgia:
EDI Department
(770) 451-7550 ext.
114
tommy_hairston@tpaofgeorgia.com