HL7 Standards

[Thenn]

Just we got into HIPAA/EDI development. I have a basic question. While we develop HIPAA transactions, we also want to HL7 transactions with one of our trading partners.   My question is, Should any HL7 transactions that we do with our trading partners be covered under HIPAA even it becomes effective?   As per HIPAA final rule, only X12 and NCPDP transactions are considered as HIPAA transactions.What about privacy rule? Will it be also applied for HL7 transactions?   Thanks, Thennarasu S. 707.863.4221