Resources
This page includes links to website containing HIPAA-related information:
Federal Register - Regulations pertaining to health insurance reform
Standards for Electronic Transactions- Privacy Regulations
- Security Regulations
- National Provider Identifier
- Employer Identifier
Implementation Guides - The primary reference documents used for implementing standards for electronic transactions
Other Sources of HIPAA Information
- HIPAA Glossary
- Designated Maintenance Organization (DSMO) - Maintains HIPAA standards.
- Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange - Strategic National Implementation Process (WEDI/SNIP) - Implements HIPAA standards.
- Office of Civil Rights - Implements and enforces the privacy regulation.
- National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, Inc. (NCPDP) - Develops and maintains the transaction standard for pharmacy claims.
- Government Information Value Exchange for States (GIVES) - A collaborative state government health care focus group that exchanges information regarding HIPAA.
- Medicaid HIPAA Compliance- Demonstrates how HIPAA affects the Medicaid Enterprise and provides practical tools to help determine the best course of action based on circumstance.
- National Uniform Claim Committee - Develops, adopts, or modifies national standard content and data definitions for health care transactions affecting professional health care services.
- NPI Viewlet - CMS-sponsored educational resource for providers and others.
- Medicaid HIPAA News
- Medicare HIPAA Information
- Georgia Strategic Local Implementation Process (GSLIP) - An organization that helps public and private entities in Georgia comply with HIPAA's Administrative Simplification provision.
- Southern HIPAA Administrative Regional Process (SHARP) - Helps with regional HIPAA Administration Simplification readiness
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - Federal agency that administers the Medicare, Medicaid and Child Health Insurance programs. Formerly known as HCFA.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administrative Simplification - Provides information about the administrative simplification portion of HIPAA, an explanation of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).