numerous questions have been asked in the past on the list about destroying
paper after imaging. Well came across the following today

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/downloads/ge101c07.pdf

go to page 7 where you can read the following

General Information, Eligibility, and Entitlement Manual

A freeze has been imposed on the destruction of Medicare records. No paper
Medicare records can be destroyed unless they are electronically imaged. If
Medicare records are not imaged, the original paper document must be
retained. A contractor who images paper Medicare records:

1                    Must always be able to demonstrate the imaged version
is an exact copy of the paper document,

2                    Document the steps taken to image the original
document,

3                    Establish and implement a certification/quality
assurance process to ensure the imaged information is an identical
replication of the paper document in every way,

4                    Retain the scanned image as the “recordkeeping copy”
for the required retention period, and

5                    Maintain accessibility and the ability to read the
document in accordance with changes in technology.

Clear, concise, explicit directions as to what one should do.
-- 
Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
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