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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) has
created a flurry of activity within every sector of the healthcare industry.
Adopted as part of HIPAA, the Administrative Simplification Act (ASA) is
designed to facilitate the flow of healthcare information in a standardized,
secure and private manner. It includes seven sets of regulations but focuses
primarily on:
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Data Privacy — Final Rule published December 28, 2000 (65 Fed Reg 82462)
— Effective April 14, 2003.
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Transaction and Code Sets — Final Rule published August 17, 2000 (65 Fed
Reg 50312) — Effective October 16, 2002. Note: The adopted code sets apply to
financial and administrative transactions and do not include clinical
transactions as of yet.
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Data Security — Proposed Rule published August 12, 1998 (63 Fed Reg
43242) — Final rule expected early 2002.
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EDI Health Group
achieves HIPAA
Certification
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EDI Health Group, Inc. (EHG) welcomes the opportunities presented by HIPAA and
specifically the ASA. We believe that the standardization promised by these
regulations will ultimately reduce the cost of healthcare and have a tangible
positive effect on patient care.
EHG has formed an internal HIPAA task force consisting of experienced healthcare
professionals. Our team understands the regulations and is attentive to the
impact these requirements will have on our business processes as well as those
of our customers. We have already changed our internal process to achieve
compliance.
In addition to our own implementation, we are committed to assisting you, our
customers, in turning today's challenges into tomorrow's opportunities.
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EDI HEALTH GROUP, Inc. (EHG) has obtained certification for compliance for
claims transactions under HIPAA’s final transactions and code sets rule. EDI
HEALTH GROUP, Inc., is a California-based Clearinghouse for Electronic Data
Interchange(EDI) transactions for Health Care Providers.
The HIPAA certification, from Edifecs, means that EHG generates ANSI X12
Transactions that comply with the HIPAA implementation guides. Edifecs
(www.edifecs.com) is a proven provider of solutions for rapidly deploying and
managing today’s trading partner networks. The Edifecs HIPAA solution provides
enablement technologies to accelerate the implementation of HIPAA and
healthcare trading communities. HIPAA-Desk, powered by Edifecs’ CommerceDesk,
is the first free and full service HIPAA compliance checking & testing facility
for the healthcare industry. Founded in 1996, Edifecs serves an installed base
of more than 1,200 customers and partners including numerous B2B providers such
as GE Global eXchange Services, Microsoft, Harbinger/Inovis, Quovadx, Sterling
Commerce and TIBCO. Edifecs healthcare clients include Abbot Labs, Baxter
Healthcare, BCBS Association, BCBS of Alabama, BCBS of Oregon, Regence and many
others. The Department of Health and Human Services deems Edifecs certification
as proof that an organization's transactions are compliant with HIPAA.
Below is a link to the certification certificates given by Edifecs to EHG for
submitting HIPAA compliant transactions. All EHG’s transactions go through
Edifecs for testing before they are implemented with each Payer or
Clearinghouse that EHG has a direct connection too.
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