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CareVu and HIPAA
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Public Law
104-191, became law in August 1996. Frequently termed HIPAA, it was
designed to simplify processing and distribution of medical information
(claims, enrollment, payment advice), improve the portability of health
insurance (remove penalties for changing jobs), give patients access to
their own medical information, and protect patient data that is stored,
processed, or transmitted.
The Administrative Simplification portion of the Act goes into effect
October 13, 2002 unless a request for a one-year extension has been filed
with the federal government. CareVu has filed for an extension and has
received an electronic confirmation of the filing.
The Administrative Simplification provisions of HIPAA cover:
- Electronic Transactions: standards for the electronic exchange of administrative and financial healthcare transactions
- Security: confidentiality, integrity, and availability of individual health information
- Privacy: protection of personal health information
- Code Sets: sets of codes used for encoding data elements, such as tables of terms, medical concepts, medical diagnostic codes, or medical procedure codes
- Identifiers: unique identification numbers for health care providers (NPI, National Provider Identifier) and employers (EIN, Employer Identification Number) for use in healthcare transactions
Entities that use, store, or transmit individually identifiable healthcare
data are subject to HIPAA regulations (including physician practices, health
care facilities, other health care providers, health plans, and healthcare
clearinghouses).
The compliance deadline following Administrative Simplification is April 14,
2003. On this date, adherence to HIPAA Privacy regulations is required by
covered entities. Next year, HIPAA Security standard compliance will be
required. We will post more information on these topics closer to the
implementation dates.
Be assured CareVu, as a covered entity, understands the serious
nature of these requirements and has put in place actions to meet all
deadlines.
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