| Administrative
Simplification Provision of Privacy Rule |
| HHS information on Administrative
Simplification Component of Privacy Rule. |
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| Analysis
of HIPAA Privacy Rule by the American Health Information
Management Association |
| Analysis of Final Rule for Standards
of Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information |
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| Association
for Electronic Health Care Transactions |
| A Healthcare Association dedicated
to supporting the use of EDI to improve and reduce
the cost of health care. |
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| CMS
(The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS) is a federal agency within the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.) |
| “HIPAA is the acronym for the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) is responsible for implementing various
unrelated provisions of HIPAA, therefore HIPAA may
mean different things to different people. Here's
a directory of CMS's business activities with regard
to HIPAA.” From this introductory page link
to pages relating to HIPAA
Insurance Reform and HIPAA
Administrative Simplification. |
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| Employer
Questions and Answers About HIPAA |
| Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services FAQ’s for employers on all aspects
of HIPAA. |
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| Fact
Sheet by HHS On Modifications to Final Privacy Rule |
| The Standards for Privacy of Individually
Identifiable Health Information (the Privacy Rule)
took effect on April 14, 2001. The Privacy Rule
creates national standards to protect individuals'
personal health information and gives patients increased
access to their medical records. |
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| General
Overview of HHS of Standards For Privacy Of Individually
Identifiable Health Information |
| The following overview provides answers
to general questions regarding the Standards for
Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information
(the Privacy Rule), promulgated by the Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS). |
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| Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996: Full Text of Public Law 104-191 |
| Full text of HIPAA, enacted "to
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve
portability and continuity of health insurance coverage
in the group and individual markets, to combat waste,
fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health
care delivery, to promote the use of medical savings
accounts, to improve access to long-term care services
and coverage, to simplify the administration of
health insurance, and for other purposes." |
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| HIPAA
Frequently Asked Questions |
| Concerning the Deadline for Compliance
with HIPAA Electronic Transactions Standards and
Code Sets |
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| HIPAA-REGS
Listserv |
| "Subscribe to this list to be
notified by e-mail when documents or events related
to the HIPAA Administrative Simplification regulations
(such as NPRMs) are published or posted." |
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| Law
and Regulation Affecting Healthcare Privacy and
Data Security in California |
| Powerpoint Presentation
in PDF format by Clark Stanton, Esq.,Partner, Davis
Wright Tremaine given at HIPAA Summit West, June
2001. |
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| News
and Info From HIPAA Comply |
| HIPAA news collected from various
organizations and government. |
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| Office
for Civil Rights - HIPAA |
| General information by HHS and informative
links on HIPAA. Includes area to submit a question
to HHS. |
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| Privacy
in Healthcare- Standards for Privacy of Individually
Identifiable Health Information: Final Rule |
| Powerpoint Presentation in PDF format
by William R. Braithwaite, MD, PhD, Robinsue Frohboese,
JD, PhD, Linda Sanches, U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services given at HIPAA Summit West, June
2001. |
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| The
Role of CALINX in Healthcare Privacy and Data Security
in California |
| Powerpoint Presentation in PDF format
by David Hopkins, PhD, Director of Health Information
Improvement,Pacific Business Group on Health given
at HIPAA Summit West, June 2001. |
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| Washington
Publishing Company: Free downloads of HIPAA Implementation
Guides. |
| "All HIPAA Implementation Guides
are free when downloaded from this site. Prices
listed are for bound copies. The entire collection
is also available on CD-ROM. You must have a WPC
Username and Log-in to download the HIPAA Transaction
Standard Implementation Guides. If you do not have
a WPC Username, Request one." |
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| What
You Need to Know About HIPAA Now |
| Article from the March 2001 issue
of Family Practice Management, written by David
C. Kibbe, MD, MBA. |
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| Workgroup
for Electronic Data Interchange |
| Their goal is to improve health care
through Electronic Commerce and to foster widespread
support for the adoption of electronic commerce
within health care. |
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