HIPAA Regulations

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website

HHS Office for Civil Rights website

Transactions & Codes

• NCHICA Comments on CORE Operating Rule Changes, March 11, 2013
• NCHICA Comments on Adoption of Operating Rules for Health Care Electronic Funds Transfer and Remittance Advice Transactions, October 8, 2012
• NCHICA Comments on 6020 Implementation Guide 835 Health Care Claim Payment/Advice Transaction, March 7, 2012
• HHS Regulations for 5010 & ICD-10, January 16, 2009
• NCHICA Comments on NPRM for ICD-10, October 21, 2008 (PDF)
• NCHICA Comments on NPRM for 5010, October 21, 2008 (PDF)
• FAQs on HIPAA Transactions from the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services
• WEDI Letter to HHS on TCS Implementation, March 8, 2004 (PDF)
• CMS Medicare Contigency, February 27, 2004 (Word)
• Companion Guides for NC Payers
• Letter from NC Department of Insurance on HIPAA TCS Compliance, October 30, 2003 (PDF)
• Interim Rule on Electronic Submission of Medicare Claims, August 15, 2003 (PDF)
• CMS Guidance on Compliance with the HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets, July 24, 2003 (PDF)
• Letter from Tom Scully to Medicare Providers on October 16 deadline, July 18, 2003 (PDF)
• Letter from NCVHS to HHS Secretary on October 16, 2003 implementation deadline, June 25, 2003 (Word)
• Final Modification to Electronic Transactions & Code Sets, Published February 20, 2003 (PDF)
  • Corrections to Federal Register, Published March 10, 2003 (PDF)
  • Double-spaced version (correct), Published February 20, 2003 (PDF)
• HIPAA Fact Sheet on the Modifications to the Electronic Transactions & Code Sets Requirements, February 24, 2003 (Word)
  
• Form to file complaints about covered entities not compliant with the HIPAA electronic transactions and code set standards: PDF format
• Transactions-Codes Final Rule, Published August 17, 2000
• Extension to 2003 (ASCA)
  • ASCA Form (PDF)
  • FAQs for ASCA, January 31, 2002 (Word)
  • Administrative Simplification Compliance Act (ASCA) P.L. 107-105:
    Extension of Transactions & Code Sets Date, Published December 27, 2001 (PDF)
• NPRM on Changes to the NCPDP and NDC Codes Standards, Published May 31, 2002
• NPRM on Modifications to Electronic Transactions ("the addenda"), Published May 31, 2002

Identifiers

• NCHICA Letter to NCVHS on NPI Dissemination, January 22, 2007 (PDF)
• National Provider Identifier Final Rule, Published January 23, 2004 (PDF)
• Unique Employer Identifier Final Rule, Published May 31, 2002
• NPRM on Identifiers, Published May 7, 1998
• Presentation on NPI by Patricia Peyton (CMS), February 4, 2004 (PDF)

Security

• FAQs on HIPAA Security from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• HIPAA Security Rule Matrix, October 12, 2004 (Excel)
  
• Final Security Rule, Published on CMS site February 12, 2003 (PDF)
• Combined Privacy and Security Rules, Published by HHS on April 17, 2003 (PDF)
• HIPAA Fact Sheet on the Security Standards Final Rule, February 24, 2003 (Word)
• NPRM on Security & Electronic Signatures, Published August 12, 1998 (PDF)

Privacy

• NCHICA Comments on HIPAA/HITECH Accounting of Disclosures Rule
  July 28, 2011 (PDF)
• NCHICA Comments on NPRM for Privacy and Security Regulations under the HITECH Act
  September 13, 2010 (PDF)
• NCHICA Response to RFI on HIPAA Privacy Rule Accounting of Disclosures Under the HITECH Act
  May 18, 2010 (Word)
• NCHICA Comments on Interim Final Rule on Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information, October 23, 2009 (PDF)
• OCR Letter to HIPAA GIVES on the Privacy Rule and Child Protection Services and Adult Protection Services, December 2004 (PDF)
• Combined Privacy and Security Regulations, Published by HHS April 17, 2003 (PDF)
• HIPAA Privacy Rule and Public Health (Guidance from CDC and HHS), April 11, 2003
• HHS Guidance on Significant Aspects of Privacy Rule, December 4, 2002
• HHS Unofficial Version of Privacy Rule Including Modification, August 14, 2002 (PDF)
• HHS Final Changes to the Privacy Rule, Published August 14, 2002 (PDF)
• Red-line version of the Final Privacy Rule (Dec. 2000)
  and Final Modification (Aug. 2002) Word l PDF
• HHS Fact Sheet on Final Changes to the Privacy Rule, August 9, 2002
• NCHICA Comments on the Privacy NPRM, April 26, 2002 (PDF)
• Document showing track changes to the Privacy Rule (Word)
• HHS Fact Sheet on Proposed Changes to Privacy Rule, March 21, 2002
• HHS Guidance on New Patient Privacy Protections, July 6, 2001 (Word)
• Privacy Final Rule, Published December 28, 2000
  

Enforcement

• NCHICA comments on Enforcement NPRM, June 16, 2005
• Enforcement Rule Extended, Published in the Federal Register September 15, 2004

NPRM = Notice of Proposed Rule Making