HIPAA Web Site Resources

US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
This Department of Health and Human Services Web site includes information dealing with the adminis-trative simplification provisions of HIPAA of 1996. This site contains general information about the administrative simplification portion of the HIPAA law, an explanation of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) process, update on when HIPAA standards may be implemented, and educational information.

National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC)
This links to the Web site for the NUCC, that is chaired by the American Medical Association. The NUCC was formally named in the administrative simplification section of the HIPAA of 1996 as one of the organizations to be consulted by the American National Standards Institute's accredited Standard Designating Organizations and the Secretary of HHS as they develop, adopt, or modify national standards for health care transactions. As such, the NUCC is intended to have an authoritative voice regarding national standard content and data definitions for non-institutional health care claims in the United States.

Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDi)
This is the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange Web site. This site includes among other things, information on EDI in the health care industry, lists of conferences, implementation information and the availability of resources for standard transactions.

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)
This is the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Web site. NCVHS is the Advisory Body to the Department of Health and Human Services. Information on membership, how to contact the commit-tee, announcements and agendas for past and future public hearings is also available.

Medicaid
This site contains Medicaid HIPAA Information - including Medicaid HIPAA Plus, the Medicaid HIPAA-Compliant/Concept Model, Informational briefs, Implementation tools, and National Medicaid EDI HIPAA Workgroup Information.

Medicare
This is the Medicare EDI Web page. At this site you will find information regarding Medicare EDI, advan-tages to using Medicare EDI, Medicare EDI formats and instructions, news and events, frequently asked questions about Medicare EDI, and information regarding Medicare paper forms and instructions.