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HIPAA
Consultant
Services: HIPAA Consultants
- Margret
Amatayakul, MBA, RHIA, CHPS, CPEHR, CPHIT, FHIMSS, BIG
Senior Consultant and Project Manager
- Richard
Friedland, MBA, FHIMSS,
BIG Senior Consultant
- Michael
E. Huotari, B.B.A., J.D., BIG SeniorConsultant
- Steven
S. Lazarus, PhD, CPEHR, CPHIT, FHIMSS,
BIG President and Project Manager
- John
C. Osberg, Senior Consultant
- Pamela
M. Waymack, MBA, BA, CHFP, BIG Senior Consultant and Project
Manager
- Tom
Walsh, CISSP, BSM, BIG Senior Consultant
- Dennis
Winsten, MS, FHIMSS, BIG Senior Consultant and Project
Manager
- Also,
health care attorneys with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (see
www.dwt.com; as an example, see
Gerry Hinkley)
HIPAA
Regulation Status As of October 1, 2004
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HIPAA
Regulation
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Proposed
Rule Publication
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Final
Rule Publication
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Expected
Compliance Date
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| Privacy
and Patient Confidentiality |
November
3, 1999 |
December
28, 2000 |
April
14, 2003* |
| Standards
for Electronic Transactions |
May
7, 1998 |
August
17, 2000 (addenda published February 20, 2003) |
October
16, 2003 (for those filing an extension) |
| Medicare
Billing |
N/A |
August
15, 2003 |
October
16, 2003 |
| National
Standard Employer Identifier |
June
16 , 1998 |
May
31, 2002 |
July
30, 2004* |
| Security
Standards |
August
12, 1998 |
February
20, 2003 |
April
21, 2005* |
| National
Standard Provider Identifier |
May
7, 1998 |
January
23, 2004 |
May
23, 2007* |
| Standards
for Electronic Claims Attachments |
Expected
2005 |
Expected
2006-2007 |
2008-2009* |
| National
Standard Health Plan Identifier |
Expected
2005 |
Expected
2006-2007 |
2008-2009* |
| Enforcement |
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To
be effective with each final rule |
| National
Individual Health Identifier |
On
Hold |
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| Patient
Medical Record Information |
2005-2006? |
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*Small health plans have an additional year to comply.
Source: http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/adminsimp/pubsched.htm
and conversations
with DHHS representatives.
Boundary Information Group 2004
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HIPAA Books
- "Handbook
for HIPAA Security Implementation," by Margret Amatayakul,
MBS, Steven S. Lazarus, PhD, Tom Walsh, CISSP, and Carolyn P.
Hartley, MLA, AMA Press, 10/03.
- "Complete
Guide to HIPAA Security Risk Analysis, A Step-by-Step Approach,"
by Margret Amatayakul, MBA and Steven Lazarus, PhD, Brownstone
Publishing, 2004.
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HIPAA
Tools
The
Boundary Information Group is pleased to announce four strategic
partnerships that combined provides a powerful, complete and comprehensive
solution to meet your HIPAA needs.
BIG
Benefit Template - Click
Here
BIG provides
this benefit calculator as a service to the health care industry.
In addition to utilizing it as a self administered tool that can
be helpful in setting organization goals and objectives for HIPAA
implementation in order to obtain the identified benefits, BIG is
collecting the results from provider organizations, in order to
compile benchmarks for the industry.
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Train
for HIPAA - www.trainforhipaa.com
Train for HIPAA offers comprehensive HIPAA training ranging from
e-learning solutions, through onsite training to special access
to national conferences and audio conferences. Train for HIPAA core
curriculum includes: HIPAA Basics Course, HIPAA Privacy and Advanced
HIPAA Privacy, and HIPAA Security. In addition, advanced courses
for research, business associates, and other specialized topics
are available. ASP hosted and content only for internal use versions
are available. Be sure to mention BIG has the referring entity when
contacting Train for HIPAA.
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WEDI
- www.wedi.org
BIG is
a WEDI organization member that supports WEDI, WEDI SNIP, and the
WEDI Foundation. Steven S. Lazarus, PhD, FHIMSS, BIG President,
has been a member of the WEDI Board of Directors since 1992, was
Chairman of the Board for 2001-2002, and is currently Past Board
Chair. WEDI is a nonprofit trade association providing industry
leadership for HIPAA implementation and promoting the use of e-commerce
and improved internal workflows throughout the health care industry.
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