Health Information Management

CMS outlines HIPAA section of its Web site

HIPAA Weekly Advisor, April 3, 2006

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CMS recently issued guidance about using its Web site to obtain information about HIPAA. On the CMS Web page, click on the "Regulations & Guidance" link.

The following links are underneath the "HIPAA Administrative Simplification" section:

  • HIPAA-General information, which includes information on rule-making processes and implementation, compliance deadlines, and determining whether your organization is a covered entity
  • Educational materials, which include archived roundtable transcripts and Spanish-language material
  • Employer identifier standard, which includes the employer identifier regulations
  • Enforcement, which includes information about complaints and civil monetary penalties
  • NPI, which includes information about applying for and implementing an NPI
  • Security standard, which includes the final security rule
  • Transactions and code sets standards, which includes information about contingency planning



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