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FROM THE DHS WEB SITE: DHS HIPAA Roll-Out Plan Provider Update #159 2003 Minnesota HIPAA Implementation Summit Health Information Privacy Matrix
FROM THE CDC WEB SITE: Appendix A: Selected Privacy Rule Concepts and Definitions Appendix B: Sample Text That Can Be Used To Clarify Public Health Issues Under the Privacy Rule |
AMC will continue to work on the issue and provide information as it becomes available. For more information about HIPAA activities, contact Patricia Coldwell at 651-224-3344. |
| HIPAA Deadline Extended: Medicare
announces plan to accept HIPAA non-compliant electronic transactions after
deadline date The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will implement a contingency plan to accept noncompliant electronic transactions after the October 16, 2003, compliance deadline. This plan will ensure continued processing of claims from thousands of providers who will not be able to meet the deadline and otherwise would have had their Medicare claims rejected. CMS made the decision to implement its contingency plan after reviewing statistics showing unacceptably low numbers of compliant claims being submitted. The contingency plan permits CMS to continue to accept and process claims in the electronic formats now in use, giving providers additional time to complete the testing process. CMS will regularly reassess the readiness of its trading partners to determine how long the contingency plan will remain in effect. Information on the electronic transactions standards, frequently asked questions and alerts are available on the CMS web site. To get to the electronic transactions section, use the HIPAA link and then the administrative simplification link. |
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The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed by Congress in 1996, presenting the single largest change in the health care business environment since the advent of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. HIPAA is not a state or federal program, but an industry-wide effort to enhance consumer control of insurance coverage, create health care industry standards to improve administration; and protect and secure personal health information. Although Minnesota already has existing data privacy and administrative uniformity laws, HIPAA will significantly impact health care business processes here and throughout the country. Administrative simplification is a method of making business practices (the billing, claims, computer systems and communication) uniform in order that providers and payers do not have to modify the way in which they interact with each other through each others proprietary systems. An average of 26 cents of each health care dollar is spent on administrative overhead, including such tasks as:
5 Specific areas of administrative overhead are:
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