So please, I'd appreciate some > succinct words of explanation that one could use when talking to industry > participants about how identifiers, addresses and delivery channels, > elements of the Healthcare Collaboration-Protocol Profile (CPP), discovery > of Healthcare CPPs via a Registry help any one or all of them implement an > EDI capability that enables compliance with HIPAA by either April 14, 2003 > (privacy....and security), October 16, 2002, or testing by April, 2003, and > full implementation by October 16, 3003.
It won't. Registry and CPP components have nothing to do with protected health information at all, nor will these registries contain any protected health information. All such a registry would do is (All? I think it's a lot!) is enable more parties to exchange documents a lot easier, as the presence of a registry and profile would enable automation of document routing. (I am assuming the NPRM of April '02 re PHI is implemented . that is, there is a semi-automatic approval for the exchange of treatment and payment information). MCM
