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Designated Standards Maintainance Organizations

Designated Standards Maintainance Organizations were established to manage the maintenance of the electronic data interchange adopted under HIPAA. The following organizations have been designated as DSMOs:

• Accredited Standards Committee X12 - Develops uniform standards for interindustry electronic interchange of business transactions - electronic data interchange (EDI).
• Dental Content Committee of the American Dental Association - Develops, adopts or modifies national standard content and data definitions for health care transactions affecting dental services.
• Health Level Seven (HL7)- Responsible for standardizing the supplemental information needed to support health care insurance and other e-commerce transactions.
• National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) - Develops, adopts or modifies national standard content and data definitions for health care transactions affecting pharmacy services.
• National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC) - Develops, adopts or modifies national standard content and data definitions for health care transactions affecting professional health care services.
• National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) - Develops, adopts or modifies national standard content and data definitions for health care transactions affecting institutional health care services.