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HIPAA

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191), also known as HIPAA, was enacted as part of a broad Congressional attempt at incremental healthcare reform. The "Administrative Simplification" aspect of that law requires the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to develop standards and requirements for maintenance and transmission of health information that identifies individual patients.

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Additionally, the following websites may provide additional helpful information to you regarding HIPAA.

DHHS Administrative Simplification
http://www.aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp

HHS Data Council
http://www.aspe.hhs.gov/datacncl

National Committee Health Vital Statistics (NCHVS)
http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov

HCFA Internet Security
http://www.hcfa.gov/security/isecplcy.htm

Government Printing Office
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html

Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI)
http://www.wedi.org/wedi

Data Interchange Standards Association (DISA)
http://www.disa.org

Association For Electronic Health Care Transactions (AFEHCT)
http://www.afehct.org

Washington Publishing Company
http://www.wpc-edi.com

Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance
http://www.jhita.org