The Redix Business Transaction Module (BTM) is an integral part of the Redix family of products. It is a folder-based workflow system that supports automated conversion, validation, encryption, decryption, and data transfer. Users can define the workflow and transactions for each message that is to be exchanged with a trading partner. The Redix BTM provides the following functionalities:

• Allows users to set up X12/HIPAA specifications, such as ISA, GS, control numbers, separators, and tracing criteria, for each trading partner.
• Allows users to set up the communication method to be used with each trading partner.
• Supports all common asymmetric and symmetric encryption methods, including AES, RSA, 3DES, and OpenPGP.
• Integrates with the Redix AnyToAny Format Converter Engine, as well as the Redix RMAP, PDF, and Database modules, to automatically convert a file.
• Monitors folders at pre-defined intervals. Incoming files are read, validated, processed, and logged. If the incoming message is an X12/HIPAA file, then TA1 and 997 acknowledgement messages are automatically generated and sent to the trading partner per the trading partner's configuration.
• Integrates with the Windows Task Scheduler to automate workflow processes.
• Provides an FTP server to allow trading partners to upload or download files. The Redix FTP Server implements several file transfer protocols: FTP (insecure), FTP+SSL (both explicit and implicit with a variety of ciphers), and SFTP (sftp subsystem of the SSH2 protocol).
• Provides an FTP client that supports FTP, FTP+SSL, and SFTP
• Sends notification emails when files arrive. Sends emails when errors occur during file processing
• Provides a wizard to allow users to easily set up the trading partner's workflow and transaction definitions
• Provides 270/271 and 276/277 reconciliation based on trace information, i.e., information in the TRN segment.
• Provides 837 and 835 reconciliation based on the Claim Submitter's Identifier or Patient Control Number.
• Provides complete 997 reconciliation.
• The default database for tracking and auditing is a Redix embedded database. The database is encrypted using Blowfish encryption algorithm. Users can easily migrate the default database to a Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle 10g+, or IBM DB2 database.

Typical Workflow

The following diagram shows a typical outbound workflow that is supported by the Redix Business Transaction Modile (BTM). This workflow does the following:

• Monitors a folder
• Extracts data from a database and inserts the data into a Redix 270 RMAP file
• Converts a RMAP file into a HIPAA 270 file
• Merges multiple HIPAA files into a single interchange
• Encrypts the interchange file based on the trading partner's specifications
• Sends the HIPAA file using secure FTP (SFTP)