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Employer's Guide To HIPAA

Overview - What is HIPAA?

HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Title I of HIPAA governs portability of health benefits, special enrollment rights, and non-discrimination rules. Title II, Subtitle F of HIPAA governs "Administrative Simplification." The Administrative Simplification Rules are intended to create a uniform system for processing, retaining, and securing health care information by encouraging the use of electronic technology, mandating standardization of health-related transactions, and ensuring the security and privacy of health information.

Congress delegated responsibility for developing and implementing the Administrative Simplification provisions of HIPAA to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"). The Administrative Simplification Rules are actually a package of regulations, consisting of:

ADMIN SIMPLIFICATION RULE
STATUS AND DATE
Standards for electronic transactions Final 8/17/2000; modifications proposed 5/31/2002
Privacy Rule Final 12/28/2000; modifications issued 8/14/2002
Standards for unique identifiers(of four: one final, one proposed) Employer Identifier Final 5/31/2002; Health Care Providers Proposed 5/7/1998
Standards for electronic signature Proposed 8/12/1998
Security Rule Finalized on 2/13/03
Enforcement Rule Proposed rule issued 4/18/05

 

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