THE WHATIS.COM WORD-OF-THE-DAY November 12, 2002 HIPAA ______________ TODAY'S SPONSOR: VeriSign - The Value of Trust
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HIPAA establishes mandatory regulations that require extensive changes to the way that health providers conduct business. HIPAA seeks to establish standardized mechanisms for electronic data interchange (EDI), security, and confidentiality of all healthcare-related data. The Act mandates: standardized formats for all patient health, administrative, and financial data; unique identifiers (ID numbers) for each healthcare entity, including individuals, employers, health plans and health care providers; and security mechanisms to ensure confidentiality and data integrity for any information that identifies an individual. Because of the current lack of standardization within the healthcare field and the comprehensive nature of HIPAA's regulations, many organizations have a great deal of work ahead of them in order to comply with the Act's components. In general, the deadline for compliance is 24 months after the effective date of any given rule. The transaction rule, which mandates standards for transactions and code sets, was published on August 17, 2000; its compliance deadline was October 16, 2002. The compliance deadline for the privacy rule is April 14, 2003. Compliance for the third segment, which deals with security, is likely to be set for late 2004. 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