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…
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HHS Issues HIPAA NPRM for Unique Health Plan Identifier and One Year Delay for ICD-10 Code Set Compliance
April 10, 2012. Yesterday, the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) promulgated a notice of proposed rule making (NPRM) entitled: 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 ICD-10-PCS Medical Data Code Sets. The NPRM will be published in the Federal Register on April 17, 2012. Here is the NPRM summary: “This proposed rule would implement section 1104 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (hereinafter referred to as the Affordable Care Act) by establishing new requirements for administrative transactions that…
Final HIPAA Enforcement Rule
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164 | RIN 0991–AB29 HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Enforcement AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. ACTION: Final rule. Download (Requires Acrobat Reader)
Proposed Rule for Electronic Claims Attachments
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Part 162 | [CMS–0050–P] | RIN 0938–AK62 HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Standards for Electronic Health Care Claims Attachments AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. ACTION: Proposed rule. Download (Requires Acrobat Reader)
National Provider Identifier Final Rule
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Part 162 | [CMS–0045–F] | RIN 0938–AH99 HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Standard Unique Health Identifier for Health Care Providers AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS. ACTION: Final rule. Download (Requires Acrobat Reader)
Final Security Rule
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Parts 160, 162, and 164 | [CMS–0049–F] | RIN 0938–AI57 Health Insurance Reform: Security Standards AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. ACTION: Final rule. Download (Requires Acrobat Reader)
Final Privacy Rule
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164 | RIN 0991–AB14 Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information AGENCY: Office for Civil Rights, HHS. ACTION: Final rule. Download (Requires Acrobat Reader)
Employer Identifier Final Rule
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Parts 160 and 162 | [CMS–0047–F] | RIN 0938–AI59 Health Insurance Reform: Standard Unique Employer Identifier AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. ACTION: Final rule. Download (Requires Acrobat Reader)
Final Transactions Rule Corrections
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Parts 160 and 162 | [HCFA0149CN] | RIN 0938AI58 Health Insurance Reform: Standards for Electronic Transactions; Correction AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. ACTION: Correction of final rule. Download (Requires Acrobat Reader)
Final Transactions Rule
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Parts 160 and 162 | [HCFA–0149–F] | RIN 0938–AI58 Health Insurance Reform: Standards for Electronic Transactions AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. ACTION: Final rule. Download (Requires Acrobat Reader)