How does HIPAA affect healthcare providers?
• Significant resources are required. • Some degree of IT retooling will be required, as well as major operational and procedural changes. • Transactions will become more standardized, resulting in eventual savings for electronic data interchange. • For transaction standards, code sets, and identifiers, implementation will be the most expensive. Ongoing costs will involve obtaining and implementing updates to the standards. • Security and privacy regulations will be the most difficult and costly to implement and maintain because they are broad in scope, less definitive, and require constant vigilance for ongoing compliance. Back to Top When did HIPAA take effect? The HIPAA Privacy Rule became effective on April 14, 2003. However, many providers will began enforcing HIPAA regulations before that time. The HIPAA Security Rule has not yet been finalized, but it is expected that the rule will be very similar to the Proposed Security Rule. The Security Rule is based on best practices for se
• Significant resources are required. • Some degree of IT retooling has been required, as well as major operational and procedural changes. • Transactions have become more standardized, resulting in eventual savings for electronic data interchange. • For transaction standards, code sets, and identifiers, implementation is the most expensive. Ongoing costs will involve obtaining and implementing updates to the standards. • Security and privacy regulations are the most difficult and costly to implement and maintain because they are broad in scope, less definitive, and require constant vigilance for ongoing compliance. Back to Top When does HIPAA take effect? The HIPAA Privacy Rule took effect on April 14, 2003. However, many providers began enforcing HIPAA regulations before that time. The HIPAA Security Rule is based on best practices for sensitive electronic information. Back to Top What is MediConnect doing to be compliant with HIPAA? MediConnect is in total compliance with HIPAA regu
