http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/asmiles.htm
The DHHS Milestones and Compliance Schedule.

http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp
/pl104191.htm
1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (PL 104-191)

http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp
This links to the Department of Health and Human Services web site regarding information dealing with the Administrative Simplification provisions of HIPAA. This site contains general information about the Administrative Simplification portion of the HIPAA law, an explanation of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) process, an update on when each of the HIPAA standards must be implemented, and presentations made by parties regarding HIPAA.

http://www.afehct.org
Association for Electronic Health Care Transactions. A healthcare association dedicated to supporting the use of EDI to improve and reduce the cost of health care. This site contains HIPAA Implementation White Papers and other information related to implementation.

http://www.ahima.org/
The American Health Information Management Association is a professional organization that represents more than 40,000 specially educated health information management professionals who work throughout the health care industry.

http://www.amia.org/
The American Medical Informatics Association is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the development and application of medical informatics in the support of patient care, teaching, research, and health care administration.

http://www.astm.org/COMMIT/e-31.htm\(Case sensitive)
This web site contains information on the ASTM Committee E31 on Health Informatics and the standards development work being conducted in relation to HIPAA.

http://www.disa.org
This is the Data Interchange Standards Association website. This site contains information on ASC X12, information on X12N and subcommittees, task groups and workgroups, including their meeting minutes. This site will contain the test conditions and results of HIPAA transactions tested at the workgroup level.

http://www.edisec.org
A website to report the progress of the AFEHCT-WEDI Healthcare Internet Interoperability Pilot.

http://www.ehnac.org/
Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC)is an independent, not-for-profit accrediting body. EHNAC establishes criteria for measuring the performance of clearinghouse and value-added networks and for a Security Accreditation Program.

http://www.gao.gov/
General Accounting Office. This is GAO's April 26 testimony before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the U.S. Senate on health information privacy. Issues on HHS' Proposed Rule on Confidentiality of Personal Health Information. T-HEHS-00-106. 19 pp. plus 1 appendix (1 pp.) April 26, 2000.

From the main page, click on "GAO Reports". On the "GAO Reports" page, click on "April 2000". Scroll to the bottom and click on "Report Number Index". In the Index, scroll to report number "T-HEHS-00-106"

The testimony examines HHS' legal authority under HIPAA to act in the health information privacy arena and assesses the overall patterns in public responses to the proposed privacy rule from a group of 40 selected organizations that have been actively involved with the issues for a long time and/or are potentially affected by the rule.

http://cms.hhs.gov/
General Information from CMS about HIPAA.

http://www.healthprivacy.org
Georgetown University's Health Privacy Project's Working Group includes health advocates, health plans, providers, employers, standards and accreditation organizations and information systems experts. Their report, "Best Principles for Health Privacy," plus extensive commentary on the proposed privacy rule, and a current, comprehensive guide to state privacy laws are available on the site.

http://www.HIPAAConsulting.com
A web site maintained by FOX Systems, Inc. for up to date information on current developments in HIPAA Compliance, white papers and tools.

http://www.hl7.org
Health Level Seven website. Information on HIPAA presented along with conference and workgroup schedules.

http://www.jhita.org
The Joint Technology alliance includes AHIMA, HIMSS and other healthcare information groups. Provides a variety of HIPAA information including advocacy papers and technology resources.

Listserv@list.nih.gov
To receive email notification on publication of documents related to HIPAA regulations, send an email to listserv@list.nih.gov and include "subscribe HIPAA-REGS your name" in the body of the message.

http://www.nchica.org/
The North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc. (NCHICA) is a privately funded, nonprofit organization that actively promotes the advancement and integration of information technology into the healthcare industry. NCHICA has formed the HIPAA Implementation Planning Task Force and subordinate Work Groups to coordinate efforts related to the proposed Administrative Simplification Regulations covering Transactions, National Identifiers, Security, and Privacy. The site contains presentations on HIPAA, planning tools, and links. You can also find information about HIPAA EarlyView (TM) Version 1.0, a licensed self-assessment tool that can be used to get a first glance at an organization's readiness to comply with the proposed HIPAA Security Regulations.

http://www.ncpdp.org
National Council of Prescription Drug Programs. The standards development organization for retail pharmacy.

http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov
The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. The Public Advisory Body to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

http://www.nubc.org/
National Uniform Billing Committee. One of the NUBC's major roles is to maintain the integrity of the UB-92 data set. In addition, the NUBC serves as the forum for discussions about claims-related data elements. The web site contains information about recent developments in billing and claims related transactions. The site also includes discussion of the issues surrounding the achievement of the goals of Administrative Simplification as outlined in HIPAA.

http://www.nucc.org
National Uniform Claims Committee. This website includes the data content identified by NUCC to be used in a standardized messaging format or "envelope" to transit data electronically for non-institutional claims and equivalent encounter information, as well as the coordination of benefits transactions to and from all payers.

http://thomas.loc.gov/
The website of Congress.

http://www.va.gov/publ/standard/health/toc.htm
Current Activities of Selected Healthcare Informatics Standards Organizations (a compilation) sponsored by the Center for Information Technology Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. .

http://www.wedi.org
This is the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange web site. This site includes information on EDI in the health care industry, lists of conferences, and the availability of resources for standard transactions.

http://www.wpc-edi.com/hipaa
This links to the Washington Publishing Company web site. This site contains all the X12 Implementation Guides, data conditions, and the data dictionary (except for retail pharmacy).

http://www.x12.org
This is the Data Interchange Standards Association web site. The site contains information on ASC X12, Information on X12 subcommittees, task groups and workgroups, including their meeting minutes. This site will contain the test conditions and results of HIPAA transactions tested as the workgroup level.