Useful HIPAA Web Sites
Useful HIPAA Web Sites
- American Health Information Management Association site includes sample privacy officer position statement and job description.
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (formerly Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)) Web site with links to HIPAA information for the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
- Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Administrative Simplification Web Site. A good starting point with proposed regulations and public comments available from this site.
- DHHS - Office of Civil Rights Privacy Policy
- DHHS Press Room - press releases, fact sheets and press materials
- Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) is an organization that tests transactions for consistency with HIPAA requirements, and that accredits healthcare clearinghouses.
- National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) is a federal advisory body within DHHS that advises the DHHS secretary regarding potential changes to the HIPAA standards.
- National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC) has a formal consultative role under HIPAA for all transactions affecting institutional healthcare services.
- National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) has a formal consultative role under HIPAA for all transactions affecting non-dental, non-institutional healthcare services.
- Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is a health care industry group that has a formal consultative role under HIPAA legislation.
