HHS - Office for
Civil Rights - HIPAA
The official central
governmental hub for all HIPAA issues, including rules, standards
and implementation guides.
HIPAA.ORG
The law, identifiers,
transactions, enforcement, security, privacy, code sets, industry
discussion/collaboration, and other resources.
HIPAA
Administrative Simplification
The official source
for information about the Administrative Simplification portions of
HIPAA.
HIPAAdvisory
Comprehensive health
industry resource on HIPAA privacy and security regulatory
AHA: HIPAA Home
Page
The American Hospital Association represents and serves all types
of hospitals, and advocates for national health care policy
development, legislative and regulatory debates, and judicial
matters.
PL 104-91
PL 104-91 is Public Law 104-91, which amended the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to "...improve portability and continuity of health
insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat
waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care
delivery, to promote the use of medical savings accounts, to
improve access to long-term care services and coverage, to simplify
the administration of health insurance, and for other
purposes."
HIPAA Privacy Rule and Public
Health Guidance from CDC
CDC information
regarding HIPAA and protected health information (PHI) as it
pertains to such issues as public health surveillance, program
evaluation, terrorism preparedness, outbreak investigations, direct
health services, and public health research.
Fact Sheet - The
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act
Fact sheet on HIPAA regulations provided by the Department of
Labor.
HIPAA
Comply
Resources for health care organization trying to comply with
privacy and security regulations of HIPAA.
U.S. Department of
Labor
Information from the U.S. Department of
Labor on HIPAA.
HIPAA - Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
The
final HIPAA rule titled "Standards for Electronic Transactions,"
published in the Federal Register on August 17, 2000.
A HIPAA
Glossary
Gives general definitions of HIPAA-related terms.
Health Hippo -
HIPAA
Policy and regulatory materials related to the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act.