Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
Welcome and thank you for visiting our HIPAA Web Site.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) will
change certain aspects of the way health care is administered over the
next few years. President Clinton signed the Kassebaum-Kennedy Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act on August 21, 1996.
HIPAA is designed to expand health coverage by improving the
portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in group and
individual markets to:
- Combat waste in health care delivery;
- Promote the use of medical savings accounts;
- Improve access to long-term care services and coverage; and
- Simplify the administration of health insurance.
Within this context HIPAA includes a provision called Administrative
Simplification, which is intended to improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of the health care system by encouraging the development of
standards for the electronic transmission, privacy and security of certain
health information. Administrative Simplification is one of the Act's five
titles and is a focus for governments across the nation.
What you'll find here
News
It is an exciting time for us and we welcome your input and participation
as we embark on meeting our goals. [ Read More
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Consortium
This section contains a schedule of historical meeting
times and locations, as well as the Agenda. The minutes and related
handouts are made available after the actual meeting has been conducted
along with an Issues/Action Items update. For technical Consortium
meetings after 5/1/2008 please refer to the
Technical Interfaces and
Information page.
NPI
Documents
This section contains links to documents,
such as NPI Provider Types, related to the use of the National Provider
Identification (NPI).
TCS
Documents
This section contains links to documents such as Codes and
Values, Companion Documents and Local Codes Mapping.
Links
This section contains links to other informative
HIPAA-related web sites.
FAQS/Helpful
HIPAA Tips
This section contains a list of frequently asked questions
as well as helpful tips pertaining to HIPAA.
Testing
This section contains HIPAA TCS (Transactions and Code
Sets) Project testing information including test planning and informative
documentation as well as test execution schedules.
Privacy
This section contains information related to the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
Contact Information
Have a question about HIPAA at AHCCCS? E-mail
ISDCustomerSupport@azahcccs.gov.
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