Official Government HIPAA Resources


Official Government HIPAA Resources

  1. CMS Web site - http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa - Our model compliance extension form, frequently asked questions, links to other HIPAA sites, and information on regulations and the law are located here.
  2. FREE Video - CMS'' Meeting the HIPAA Challenge: Implementing the Administrative Simplifications of HIPAA. For free video, e-mail your request to AskHipaa@cms.hhs.gov or call 410-786-4232.
  3. FREE HIPAA Roundtable Conference Call - September 30th, 2002, 2:00-3:30 p.m. EST. Call in number 1-800-837-1935, conference ID # 5260079. To request an official invitation to the call, e-mail AskHipaa@cms.hhs.gov or call 410-786-4232. This is a good place to get answers to your questions on HIPAA Administrative Simplification.
  4. FREE Listserve - http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/lsnotify.htm - Sign up to receive notification when proposed or final rules on HIPAA have been published in the Federal Register (The Federal Register is the place where the government, upon passing a law, tells the public how the law will be implemented).
  5. CMS E-Mail box - askhipaa@cms.hhs.gov. Send your questions on HIPAA administrative simplification here.
  6. Privacy-related information - http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/whatsnew.html - The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services'' Office for Civil Rights oversees the privacy requirements. Visit their Web site for more information. Privacy-related questions should be directed to OCRPrivacy@hhs.gov or call 1-866-627-7748.
  7. Other information on "administrative simplification" requirements of HIPAA- http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/
  8. CMS Medicaid HIPAA Web address - http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/hipaa/adminsim/
  9. CMS HIPAA Hotline - (410) 786-4232. This hotline has been established to help answer your HIPAA administrative simplification questions.