HIPAA Links

Federal government sources:

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This page describes how HIPAA affects the CMS. Note: CMS used to be called the Health Care Financing Administration.

U.S. Health and Human Services, Administrative Simplification Web site. Here you can find HHS fact sheets, frequently asked questions, and more.

U.S. Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights. This group is responsible for the privacy regulations. This site includes links to the August 14, 2002 Federal Register and the final revised privacy rules.

Organizations supporting HIPAA implementation:

(Note: Inclusion of these links does not imply any endorsement by DHS of services or products that may be advocated or advertised on these Web sites or others to which they are linked.)

CHITA (Community Health Information Technology Alliance). A Northwest business group developing standards in the region.

WEDI (Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange).

Washington Publishing publishes all implementation guides. (Note: If you go to this website, you may need to increase the font size. Most web browsers, including Netscape Navigator and Communicator and Microsoft Explorer, allow you to do this. Using Netscape, go to the VIEW menu, and select "Increase Font Size." Using Explorer, click the "Larger" button in the main toolbar.)