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Regulations

• HIPAA Privacy Rule and Public Health: Guidance from CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (MMWR, April 11, 2003)
• Appendix A: Selected Privacy Rule Concepts and Definitions (MMWR, April 11, 2003)

News and Archives

CMS Releases HIPAA Enforcement Activities
Federal law requires most health plans, clearing houses, and those providers that conduct certain transactions electronically to be compliant with the HIPAA transactions standards by Oct. 16, 2002, unless they file on or before Oct. 15 for a one-year extension. Those who are not compliant and have not filed for the extension may be subject to statutory penalties. (The law gives certain small health plans until Oct. 16, 2003 to comply).

Enforcement activities will focus on obtaining voluntary compliance through technical assistance. The process will be primarily complaint driven and will consist of progressive steps that will provide opportunities to demonstrate compliance or submit a corrective action plan. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Oct. 15, 2002.

CMS provides instructions for compliance plans that will get physicians an extension on HIPAA compliance requirements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services posted on its Web site instructions for, and a model of, a compliance plan that can be used to request more time to comply with the standards for electronic transactions and code sets. (Action, May 2002)

Education

HIPAA Education Resources 

E-tips

• HIPAA Basics: The Movie: CMS now offers a video, HIPAA 101 (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996): The Basics of HIPAA Administrative Simplification. (Oct. 10, 2003)
• HIPAA Privacy Protections and Child Abuse Reporting: Not a Conflict (April 23, 2003)
• Who Enforces HIPAA Standards? (Jan. 7, 2003)

Links

HIPAA Links

Last Published: 8/29/2005