Hammer Coming Down for HIPAA Compliance | eWeek | 7.2.04
Medicare providers have only a few days left to file electronic claims that do not contain all of the information required by HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. …
In an attempt to motivate providers to adopt the standards more quickly, the CMS will treat noncompliant electronic claims as paper claims, paying them 13 days later than compliant electronic claims. …
More recently, health care providers and claims processors have found that the security measures required by HIPAA have been difficult and costly.
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And the difficulties and costs are only starting…