1. CMS Website
-
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa - Our model compliance extension
form, Frequently Asked Questions, links to other HIPAA sites, and
information on regulations and the law are located here.
2. FREE Video - CMS' Meeting
the HIPAA Challenge: Implementing the Administrative Simplifications
of HIPAA. For free video, e-mail your request to
AskHipaa@cms.hhs.gov or call 410-786-4232.
3. FREE HIPAA Roundtable
Conference Call - September 30th, 2002, 2:00-3:30 PM EST. Call
in number 1-800-837-1935, conference ID #5260079. To request an
official invitation to the call, e-mail
AskHipaa@cms.hhs.gov or call 410-786-4232. This is a good place
to get answers to your questions on HIPAA Administrative
Simplification.
4. FREE Listserve -
http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/lsnotify.htm - Sign up to receive
notification when proposed or final rules on HIPAA have been
published in the Federal Register (The Federal Register is the place
where the government, upon passing a law, tells the public how the
law will be implemented).
5. CMS E-Mail box -
askhipaa@cms.hhs.gov. Send
your questions on HIPAA administrative simplification here.
6. CMS HIPAA Hotline -
410-786-4232 - This hotline has been established to help answer your
HIPAA administrative simplification questions.
7. Privacy-related information -
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/whatsnew.html - The U.S. Department
oF Health & Human Services' Office for Civil Rights oversees the
privacy requirements. Visit their website for more information.
Privacy-related questions should be directed to
OCRPrivacy@hhs.gov or call
1-866-627-7748.
8. Other information on
"administrative simplification" requirements of HIPAA-
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/
9. CMS Medicaid HIPAA web
address -
http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/hipaa/adminsim/
Mari Rose Johnson
HIPAA Project Staff
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
7500 Security Boulevard
Mailstop: C5-24-04
Baltimore, MD 21244
(410) 786-6678 (p)
(410) 786-1347 (f)
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