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Additional
HIPAA Resources
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AAP Fact Sheet on HIPAA (PDF file - 20K)
AAP Testimony for Workgroup on Electronic Data Interchange Hearing on HIPAA Implementation, February 19-20, 2001 (PDF file - 37K)
Outside Resources (Each of the links below will open a new browser window.)
U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services Administrative Simplification
The Web site provides a number of fact sheets, press releases, and FAQs
on HIPAA Administrative Simplification, as well as the text of the HIPAA
statute, all final and proposed rules, and comments received on proposed
rules.
National Committee on Vital
and Health Statistics
NCVHS is the advisory body to HHS on HIPAA Administrative Simplification.
U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights
The HHS Office of Civil Rights is responsible for implementing and enforcing
the HIPAA privacy rule.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Information about Medicaid and HIPAA Administrative Simplification
Workgroup for Electronic
Data Interchange: Strategic National Implementation Process
The WEDI SNIP was established to bring about health care industry-wide coordination
in HIPAA implementation.
For more information on HIPAA,
to provide feedback on these materials,
or to share your experience with HIPAA,
e-mail HIPAA@aap.org.
