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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 ]

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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