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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) --- Administrative Simplification

The Administrative Simplification provisions of HIPAA include: Electronic Transactions and Code Sets, Security, Unique Identifiers and Privacy. For more information on the Privacy Rule, visit the HHS Office for Civil Rights. For information on CMS Privacy Rule Implementation click here.

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National Provider Identifier (NPI) enumerator contract - a presolicitation notice has been released. Click here for the synopsis. For more information, click here.

Draft Security Crosswalk - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has posted the DRAFT Special Publication 800-66: An Introductory Resource Guide for Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule for public comment. The guidance is intended to assist in identifying available NIST guidance which can provide useful reference material in addressing the HIPAA security standards. Click here for more information.

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National Provider Identifier (NPI) Final Rule Published - The Final Rule adopting the HIPAA standard unique health identifier for health care providers was published in the Federal Register on January 23, 2004. Health care providers can begin applying for NPIs on the effective date of the final rule, which is May 23, 2005. All health care providers are eligible to be assigned NPIs; health care providers who are covered entities must obtain and use NPIs. All HIPAA covered entities must use NPIs by the compliance dates (May 23, 2007 for all but small health plans; May 23, 2008 for small health plans). Click here (PDF, 284 KB) to view the final rule.

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