What are the specifics of the “Administrative Simplification (AS) provisions”?
The Administrative Simplification (AS) provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) are intended to reduce the costs and administrative burdens of health care by making possible the standardized, electronic transmission of many administrative and financial transactions that are currently carried out manually on paper. They can be viewed or downloaded from the government web site http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/index.htm The HIPAA standards and requirements will include: (a) transaction and code set standards; (b) privacy provisions; (c) information security requirements; (d) unique health identifiers; and (e) electronic signature standards. As of August 2001, only (a) transaction and code set standards and (b) privacy provisions have been finalized and are in effect. The administrative procedures that are listed and described in the final HIPAA regulations outline the operating procedures, management controls, personnel requirements, audit mech
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