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HIPAA Related Web Sites
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| Reference Name |
General Information |
| Accredited Standards Committee |
This site contains information on ASC X12, information on X12N subcommittees, task groups, and workgroups, including their meeting minutes. This site will contain the test conditions and results of HIPAA transactions tested at the workgroup level. |
| American Dental Association |
This site includes information regarding ADA's position on electronic commerce. |
| American Hospital Association |
AHA has teamed with Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corp. to provide its members a range of education and consulting services to help them comply with new privacy regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The new service will include on-line seminars, self assessment workshops and training; cost impact analyses or need assessments to gauge the level of HIPAA compliance readiness; and a special CD-ROM covering HIPAA policies and procedures. |
| American Medical Association |
Remaining strongly committed to medicine and professionalism, the AMA is an organization working as the patient's advocate and the physician's voice. |
| American National Standards Institute |
This site contains the ANSI procedures for the development and coordination of the American National Standards. |
| Association for Electronic Health Care Transactions |
AFEHCT is an association dedicated to supporting the use of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to improve and reduce the cost of health care. |
| Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
This site contains detailed information on the National Provider Identifier (NPI) and PAYERID. |
| Department of Health and Human Services |
This site contains information dealing with the administrative simplification provisions of HIPAA. |
| Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission |
EHNAC establishes clear criteria against which a clearinghouse and value-add network (VAN) performance is measured. |
| Foundation for Health Care Quality |
This foundation accomplishes most of its work through sponsored programs focusing on three main topics: electronic commerce, quality measurement, and consumer affairs |
| Health Level Seven (HL7) |
HL7 is being considered for requests for attachment information. |
| Medical Group Management Association |
The MGMA's core purpose is to improve the effectiveness of medical group practices and the knowledge and skills of the individuals who manage/lead them. They have established a practice offering various information and services focused on HIPAA-AS and provider practices. |
| National Archives and Records Administration |
This site contains federal register information and NPRM comments. |
| National Council for Prescription Drug Programs |
This site contains information on the NCPDP Telecommunications Standards and Batch Standards formats. |
| National Council on Vital and Health Statistics |
This is the advisory body to the Department of Health and Human Services. |
| National Uniform Billing Committee |
This site contains NUBC meeting minutes, activities, materials, and deliberations. |
| Privacy Officers Association |
The Privacy Officers Association is the premier organization for privacy officers. Join other top-level professionals in shaping the future of personal data privacy. Be part of an evolving industry that affects all businesses. Once a member, you may depend on POA privacy training programs and networking to stay informed. |
| Washington Publishing Company |
This site contains all the implementation guides, data conditions, and the data dictionary (except for retail pharmacy) for X12N standards being proposed under HIPAA-AS. |
| Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDi) |
WEDi's mission is to foster widespread support for the adoption of electronic commerce within health care. |
