Rachel > Au contraire re the economic benefits not being a consideration for the > HIPAA legislation! The key portion of that HIPAA legislation is > administrative simplification with the stated legislative purpose: > > "Subtitle F-Administrative Simplification > SEC. 261. PURPOSE. > It is the purpose of this subtitle to improve the Medicare program under > title XVIII of the Social Security Act, the medicaid program under title XIX > of > such Act, and the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system, by > encouraging the development of a health information system through the > establishment of standards and requirements for the electronic transmission of > certain health information." > > In my book, efficiency relates to cost reductions and process improvements. > Doesn't that translate big time into economic benefits?
No. Not if the government is behind it. ;-) I find it difficult to believe that a government mandated standard is actually able to achieve it's stated goals. Has HIPAA actually improved the Medicare program? http://www.overlawyered.com/archives/000430.html Private industry doesn't need laws to change their processes. They do what is more efficient, automatically. Earl Wertheimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.spe-edi.com . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
