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AA County
Providers/Vendors, are you HIPAA compliant?
Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act known as HIPAA. With several
compliance deadlines fast approaching, HIPAA implementation activities
are picking up speed in many behavioral healthcare organizations.
HIPAA Information
Sites:
Federal Department of Health and Human Services:
www.aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/index.htm
Medicare & Medicaid Services:
www.cms.hhs.gov/states/letters/smd40402.pdf
Workgroup of Electronic Data Implementation:
www.wedi.org
Strategic National Implementation Process:
www.snip.wedi.org
Compliance extension offered by DHSS:
www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/hipaa2/ASCAForm.asp
HIPAA Privacy Guide published
by MD Health Care Commission: www.mhcc.state.md.us
You can download a copy of the DHMH
HIPAA Advisory.
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Revised 10/19/04
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