HIPAA Legislation
http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/pl104191.htm

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa

Statutory Penalties for Non-compliance
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/pl104191.htm#1176

HHS Fact Sheet: Administrative simplification under HIPAA: National Standards for Transactions, Security and Privacy (August 21, 2002)
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2002pres/hipaa.html

HIPAA PRIVACY STANDARD

• Final Modifications of Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (August 14, 2002) - http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/privrulepd.pdf

• Proposed Changes to Privacy Rule published in Federal Register on March 27, 2002
  http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2002_register&docid=02-7144-filed.pdf

• DHHS Guidance on Final Privacy Rule http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/final/pvcguide1.htm

• Final Rule published in the Federal Register on 2 December 28, 2000) http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/bannerps.htm

• DHHS “First Guidance on the Final Privacy Rule” (6 July 2001)http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/20010706.do

• HHS Fact Sheet – “Modifications To Standards For Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information- Final Rule” (August 9, 2002) http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2002pres/20020809.html

• DHHS ISSUES FIRST MAJOR PROTECTIONS FOR PATIENT PRIVACY – Consumer Gain Controls Over Records Beginning April 2003 http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2002pres/20020809a.html

• DHHS Fact Sheet on “Administrative simplification under HIPAA: National Standards for Transactions, Security and Privacy” http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2002pres/hipaa.html

• DHHS Privacy Standards Home Page - http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/

HIPAA TRANSACTION AND CODE SET STANDARD

• Final Rule – Preamble (17 August 2000) http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/final/txfin00.htm

• Final Rule – Preamble and Regulation Text (17 August 2000) – formatted as published in Federal Register (PDF) http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/final/txfinal.pdf

• DHHS Transactions and Code Sets Standards Home Page http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/bannertx.htm

• Modifications to Transactions and Code Sets for Electronic Transactions published in the Federal Register on May31, 2002 http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2002_register&docid=02-13615-filed.pdf

• Transactions And Code Sets Extension Form – CMS model compliance plan for obtaining an extension on compliance date.
  http://www.cms.gov/hipaa/hipaa2/ascaform.asp

• Frequently asked questions on the Final Regulations on Standards for Electronic Transactions, updated by HHS on July 7, 2001 and November 2, 2001.
  http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/qdate01.htm

HIPAA SECURITY STANDARD

• Proposed Regulations on Security and Electronic Signature Standards published in the Federal Register on August 12, 1998)
  http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/nprm/seclist.htm

• Frequently asked questions on proposed Regulations on Security and Electronic Signature Standard
  http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/faqsec.htm

HIPAA HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IDENTIFIER STANDARDS

• Proposed Regulations on National Standard Health Care Provider Identifier, published May 7, 1998 in the Federal Registerhttp://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/nprm/npilist.htm

• Frequently asked questions on the Proposed Regulations on the National Standard Health Care Provider Identifier. http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/faqnpi.htm

HIPAA EMPLOYER IDENTIFIER STANDARDS

• Final Regulations on Standard Unique Employer Identifier. 
  Published in the May 31, 2002 Federal Register http://www.bricker.com/attserv/practice/hcare/hipaa/fr053102suei.pdf

• Proposed Regulations on National Standard Employer Identifier published in June 16, 1998 in the Federal Register http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/nprm/emplist.htm

• Frequently asked questions on the proposed Regulations on national Standard Employer Identifier
  http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/faqemp.htm

§         National Health Plan Identifier

§         Claims Attachments

§         National Individual Identifier – On hold