Is the Privacy Rule compliance date delayed by the Administrative Simplification Compliance Act that was enacted in December 2001?
No, the compliance date for the Privacy Rule is April 14, 2003, unless you are a small health plan, in which case your compliance date is April 14, 2004. The Administrative Simplification Compliance Act does not apply to the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Rather, the Administrative Simplification Compliance Act delays compliance with the Transaction and Code Set standards adopted by the HIPAA Transactions Rule for covered entities that file a compliance plan. back to top HIPAA allows small health plans, defined as health plans having annual receipts of $5 million or less, an additional year (in the case of the Privacy Rule, until April 14, 2004) to come into compliance. How should a health plan determine what receipts to use to decide whether it qualifies as a small health plan? Response: Health plans that file certain federal tax returns and report receipts on those returns should use the guidance provided by the Small Business Administration at 13 C.F.R. ยง 121.104 to calculate annual receipts.
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- Was the Privacy Rule compliance date delayed by the Administrative Simplification Compliance Act (ASCA) that was enacted in December 2001?
- Is the Privacy Rule compliance date delayed by the Administrative Simplification Compliance Act (ASCA) that was enacted in December 2001?
- Is the Privacy Rule compliance date delayed by the Administrative Simplification Compliance Act that was enacted in December 2001?
