September 5, 2012. Today, the Federal Register published the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final Rule: Administrative Simplification: Adoption of a Standard for a Unique Health Plan Identifier; Addition to the National Provider Identifier [NPI] Requirements; and a Change to the Compliance Date for the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition (ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS) Medical Data Code Sets. We provided the detailed “Executive Summary” in our August 24, 2012, posting, based on the preview posting at the Federal Register’s Electronic Public Inspection Desk. Below we provide the shorter publication “Summary” [p.54664]: “This final rule adopts the standard for a national unique health plan identifier (HPID) and establishes requirements…
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HHS Publishes NPRM for HIPAA Health Plan Identifier and Delay for ICD-10 Compliance Date
April 17, 2012. The Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published today in the Federal Register its Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM): Administrative Simplification: Adoption of a Standard for a Unique Health Plan Identifier; Addition to the National Provider Identifier Requirements; and a Change to the Compliance Date for ICD-10-CM and (CD-10-PCS Medical Data Code Sets. From the NPRM is the Summary of the Major Provisions: “a. HPID. This rule proposes the adoption of the HPID [national unique health plan identifier] as the standard for the unique identifier for health plans and definitions for ‘Controlling Health Plan’ and ‘Subhealth Plan.’ The proposed…
Exploring HIPAA and HITECH Act Definitions: Part 2
From now through November, HIPAA.com is providing a run through of HIPAA transaction & code set, privacy, and security definitions, along with relevant HITECH Act definitions pertaining to breach notification and securing of protected health information. These definitions are key to understanding the referenced HIPAA and HITECH Act enabling regulations that are effective now and that will require compliance by covered entities and business associates now or in the months ahead, as indicated in HIPAA.com’s timeline. Each posting will contain three definitions, with a date reference to the Federal Register and citation to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). We begin the first series of postings with definitions from “Health…