October 2002 Bulletin
Additional resources
Additional information regarding HIPAA, Administrative Simplification, the Privacy Rule and the other Title II Rules can be found on the following Web sites where Internet links are regularly reviewed to be certain they continue to be relevant. However, it is important to keep in mind that URLs themselves, as well as the content and the appearance of Web sites, can change with great frequency.
- HIPAA General Information
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/ (CMS home page)
- Administrative Simplification
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/hipaa2/default.asp (CMS site)
www.hipaainfo.net/ahima040601.htm (AHIMA cost savings article)
- The Privacy Rule
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/regtext.html (Original regulations)
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/bkgrnd.html (Office of Civil Rights)
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/privruletxt.txt (Revised and final regulations)
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2002pres/hipaa.html (HHS fact sheet)
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2002pres/20020809.html (HHS fact sheet)
http://www3.aaos.org/prac_manag/prac_manage.cfm (AAOS Practice Management Center)
http://www.ahima.org/infocenter/models/PrivacyOfficer2001.asp (AHIMA Privacy Officer)
- Information on Other Administrative Simplification Rules
http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/ (HHS)
http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/bannerps.htm (HHS)
- Information regarding the Transactions and Code Sets Rule and the Time Extension
http://www.ahima.org/journal/features/feature.0101.2.html (AHIMA Transactions and Code Sets article)
http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/PRelease.htm (HHS/CMS)
http://cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/hipaa2/tcsforminstructions.asp (CMS)
http://snip.wedi.org/ (WEDi/SNIP)
- State medical society initiatives regarding HIPAA and the Privacy Rule
http://www3.aaos.org/courses/pracmgmt/currinfo.htm (AAOS Information)