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Section: HIPAA News Articles
CMS Revised Date for Acceptance of NPIs on Paper Claims (added 08/30/06
OCR Announces Updated Version of HIPAA Regulation Text (added 04/12/06)
HHS Names New Head of OCR (added 03/08/06)
CMS Announces an Improved Website (added 12/19/05)
Updated ICD-9 Coding Guidelines Take Effect (added 12/07/05)
CMS Article Clarifies End Date of Transition Period for Revised CMS-1500 Form (added 12/06/05)
Claims Attachments Proposed Rule Extension of Comment Period (added 11/29/05)
HIPAA Enforcement Rule Published (added 04/21/05)
CMS Notice of HIPAA Enforcement (added 03/29/05)
HHS Publishes Important Upcoming HIPAA Dates (12/30/04)
HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson Resigns (12/07/04)
News CMS Releases RFP for NPI Enumerator (11/18/04)
New Website: ASC X12 Implementation Guide Request for Interpretation (11/10/04)
HIPAA complaints on the rise in 2005, SHARP says (added 10/25/04)
GAO Issues Report on First-year Experiences Under HIPAA (10/08/04)
News Release: Thompson Launches "Decade of Health Information Technology (added 07/21/04)
CMS Announces New Initiatives To Promote Electronic Health Records (added 07/21/04)
CMS News Release: “Medicare Takes Further Steps (added 07/06/04)
Medicare Systems Enforcing Additional HIPAA Edit Instructions Related to X12N 837 Institutional Claims Effective July 1, 2004. (added 06/25/04)
OCR Report of HIPAA Complaints (added 05/24/04)
Dr. David Brailer Named Nation’s First National Health IT Coordinator (added 05/20/04)
HIPAA TCS Status Summary of Compliance per CMS (added 01/27/04)
New HIPAA Standard for NPI (National Provider Identifier) (added 01/22/04)
HHS Press Release--Acting CMS Administrator Named (added 12/17/03)
HIPAA TCS: CMS HIPAA Roundtable Audio Conference Oct. 8 from 2:00 - 3:30 PM ET (added 09/29/03)
Government News on HIPAA Privacy Complaints (added 09/25/03)
Did BCBS Also Extend the Deadline for Processing Compliant Electronic Transactions? (added 09/25/03)
CMS Medicare Announces Plan To Accept Non-Compliant Electronic Transactions After Oct. 16 (added 09/25/03)
State Medicaid Plans Get Delay in Use of HCPC Codes (added 08/19/03)
Interim Final Regulation Published Requiring Medicare Electronic Claims Submission (08/15/03)
HHS Sets Schedule for future HIPAA Rules (Added 06/16/03)
HHS Names CMS to Enforce HIPAA TCS Rule (Added 10/15/02)
HHS releases FAQs about Privacy Rule (Added 10/09/02)
HHS News of Final Modified Privacy Rule (announced 08/09/02)
New Employer Identifier Rule Published (06/17/02)
Model Plan (form) Now Available for Requesting Delay in TCS Compliance (April 2002) (04/23/02)
Press Release -HHS Proposes Changes to Privacy Rule (03/26/02)
HHS Fact Sheet - Proposed Rule Modification (03/26/02)