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CMS to hold administrative simplification satellite broadcast

HIPAA Weekly Advisor, April 4, 2003

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Facilities can learn more about HIPAA's administrative simplification provisions by watching CMS' April 16 satellite broadcast, "HIPAA 101: the Basics of HIPAA Administrative Simplification."

The program is free for anyone who owns an analog satellite dish and will cover the following:

  • The history of HIPAA and its benefits
  • How to tell if you are a covered entity under HIPAA
  • The standards that have been adopted for electronic transactions and code sets
  • Why the designated standards maintenance organizations may be important to you
  • What you need to do to be compliant with the administrative simplification provisions of HIPAA
  • How HIPAA's rules and deadlines will be enforced

The broadcast will be from 2:00 - 3:00 PM EST, with a rebroadcast from 4:00 - 5:00 PM. It will also be available at local carrier and intermediary sites and at selected Indian Health and Tribal Health facilities in 25 states.

Go to http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn/hipaabroadcast.asp for more information or to register.



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