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The Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 HIPAA, Title II required the Department of Health and Human Services HHS to establish national standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers, health plans, and employers. It also addressed the security and privacy of health data. As the industry adopts these standards for the efficiency and effectiveness of the nations health care system will improve the use of electronic data interchange.

Telephone: 877-267-2323
Website: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HIPAAGenInfo/