AAMC Working To Make Easy Requests For Extension of HIPAA Electronic Standards Rule
January 25, 2002 - President Bush Dec. 27 signed a law that extends the implementation
date of the HIPAA rule on national standard formats for electronic data
interchange. Compliance is delayed from Oct. 16, 2002 to Oct. 16, 2003.
Entities that wish to take advantage of this extension must submit a
summary of their compliance plan to HHS by Oct. 16 2002. HHS will neither
approve nor deny a request for an extension; merely submitting the request
with the required information will be sufficient for gaining an extension.
To help members file requests for an extension, the AAMC is participating
in a coalition of groups that recently met with staff from CMS and the
HHS National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. The coalition
is developing a web-based form that will be distributed to members as
soon it is completed. The AAMC will continue to provide information
on this tool as it becomes available.
Information:
Morgan Passiment
AAMC Division of Medical School Affairs
mpassiment@aamc.org
(202) 828-0476.
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