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AAHP - American Association of Health Plans
AAMC - American Association of Medical Colleges
ASCO - American Society of Clinical Oncology
AFECHT - Association for Electronic Health Care Transactions
is dedicated to supporting the use of EDI to improve and reduce the
costs of health care. AFEHCT addresses both technical and policy issues
to meet the challenges of health care EDI and is recognized as a leader
by government health care and legislative organizations.
AHA - American Hospitals Association
website has good coverage on HIPAA. The AHA represents and serves all
types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and
communities. Close to 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks,
other providers of care and 37,000 individual members form the AHA.
Through representation and advocacy activities, AHA ensures that
members' perspectives and needs are heard and addressed in national
health policy development, legislative and regulatory debates, and
judicial matters.
AHIMA - American Health Information Management Association
is a professional association that represents more than 40,000
specially educated health information management professionals who work
throughout the healthcare industry. They have a HIPAA pages with
articles from the Journal of AHIMA, as well as other HIPAA information.
AHLA - American Health Lawyers Association
provides resources to address the issues facing its active members who
practice in law firms, government, in-house settings and academia and
who represent the entire spectrum of the health industry: physicians,
hospitals and health systems, health maintenance organizations, health
insurers, managed care companies, nursing facilities, home care
providers, and consumers.
AMIA - American Medical Informatics Association
is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) membership organization of individuals,
institutions, and corporations dedicated to developing and using
information technologies to improve health care. They have a page on
their site devoted to Public Policy and Legislation updates.
CHIM - Center for Healthcare Information Management the association driving strategic information management and technology in the health industry
CHIME - the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives serving the professional needs of healthcare's CIOs
CMS - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), is
the federal agency responsible for administering the Medicare,
Medicaid, SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance), HIPAA (Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), CLIA (Clinical
Laboratory Improvement Amendments), and several other health-related
programs.
EHNAC - The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission
is an independent, not-for-profit accrediting body. It is comprised of
an Executive Director and eleven (11) industry and consumer
representatives from health care transaction processors, private &
government payers or insurers, self insured plans, health care
providers, appropriate trade associations, consumer organizations and
the general public. EHNAC Accreditation provides an independent peer
evaluation of an organization’s ability to perform at certain
industry-established criteria. The process allows companies to review
their existing performance levels and to bring those levels into
accordance with industry-established criteria with the help of the
accrediting body and industry mentors.
Forum on Privacy and Security in Healthcare -
a HOST-affiliated, industry group working with the National Information
Assurance Partnership (NIAP), a government agency, to provide a
wide-based industry view on security issues confronting healthcare.
HCCA - The Health Care Compliance Association
is the only national, nonprofit organization solely dedicated to
improving the quality of health care compliance. Its mission is
to provide a collaborative forum promoting integrity and ethical
behavior through the development of comprehensive compliance programs
throughout the entire health care industry.
HCCO - HIPAA Conformance Certification Organization HCCO
is a nonprofit organization serving the healthcare community with
practical guidelines for complying with HIPAA, and with accreditation
standards and services. HCCO is open to any individual, covered entity,
vendor or organization that would like to be involved in developing
cohesive strategies for HIPAA compliance implementations. We believe
that all cost-effective and successful compliance strategies will
require a common approach to implementation among communities of
vendors and providers. Our members have come together in a spirit of
cooperation to compile implementation guidelines that help ensure
business continuity among trading partners.
HealthKey.org - a Coalition of Non-profit Healthcare Organizations, Drives Implementation of HIPAA eHealth Security Standards.
Health Privacy Project - A part of the Institute for Health Care Research and Policy at the Georgetown University Medical Center,
the HPP is dedicated to raising public awareness of the importance of
ensuring health privacy in order to improve health care access and
quality, both on an individual and a community level.
HFMA - Healthcare Financial Management Association Includes
HIPAA Resources: Readiness Survey Results, Risk Factor Assessment
Tool (member benefit), status report, seminars, audio teleconferences,
books, audiotapes, articles and technical documents and >annotated
links.
HIMSS - Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society a
not-for-profit organization representing information and management
systems professionals in healthcare, serving our members, our
customers, and our industry by providing leadership, education, and
networking.
HIPAA GIVES
- Government Information Value Exchange for States (GIVES) is a
collaborative state government health care focus group resulting in the
sharing of information through a clearinghouse highway and providing a
forum for discussing and resolving issues in meeting the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) legislation.
HIPAA LINKS - a web site that contains just links to other sites that address HIPAA.
JHITA - Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance
(JHITA) formed by AHIMA, AMIA, CHIM, CHIME and HIMSS with the intent of
providing advocacy activities that focus on identifying issues having
the broadest impact on the Alliance membership. The Alliance monitors
national legislative and regulatory activities and reports on those
activities to the Alliance membership. Current issues of focus include:
medical records confidentiality and HIPAA administrative simplification
rule making.
NASMHPD - National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors The
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
organizes to reflect and advocate for the collective interests of State
Mental Health Authorities and their directors at the national level.
NCHICA - North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance NCHICA
is working to improve healthcare through information technology and
secure communications. Leading providers, payers, corporate partners,
professional associations, and government agencies have joined forces
in this nonprofit consortium to steer the direction of and facilitate
innovative pilot projects and focused programs.
NCVHS - National Committee on Vital Health Statistics.
A public advisory body to the Secretary of HHS in the area of health
data and statistics. The Committee provides advice and assistance to
the Department and serves as a forum for interaction with interested
private sector groups on a variety of key health data issues including
health statistics, electronic interchange of health care information,
privacy and security of electronic information and population-based
public health.
NIST - National Institute of Standards & Technology. An
agency of the US Commerce Department's Technology Administration, this
web page provides links to publications addressing security in
information technology.
NUCC - The National Uniform Claim Committee.
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
SDOs 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.
- The Office for Civil Rights is the enforcement agent for the Privacy
regulations addressed by HIPAA Administrative Simplification. Included
in this website are guidelines on HIPAA Privacy, instructions and forms
for reporting breaches of privacy and other health information privacy
information.
POA - Privacy Officers Association
WEDI - Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange.
Their goal is to improve health care through Electronic Commerce
and to foster widespread support for the adoption of electronic
commerce within health care.
WEDI/SNIP is the Strategic National Implementation Process
for Complying with the Administrative Simplification Provisions of the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
WPC
- Washington Publishing Company (WPC) specializes in managing and
distributing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) information, primarily
in the form of documentation for organizations that develop, maintain,
and implement EDI standards.
State Government and State-Specific HIPAA Sites
State Medicaid Sites
- Alabama Medicaid
- Alaska Division of Medical Assistance
- Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)
- Arkansas Medicaid
- California Department of Health Services, Medical Care Services
- Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing
- Connecticut Department of Social Services, Medical Administration & Policy Division
- Florida Health & Human Services, Medicaid
- Georgia Department of Community Health
- Idaho Department of Health & Welfare
- Illinois Department of Public Aid, Medical Assistance Programs
- Indiana Family & Social Services Administration
- Iowa Department of Human Services
- Kansas Department of Social & Rehabilitation Services
- Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services, Department for Medicaid Services
- Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financiang (Medicaid)
- Maine Department of Human Services, Bureau of Medical Services
- Maine Medical Programs
- Massachusetts Division of Medical Assistance
- Michigan Medical Services Administration Medicaid Programs
- Michigan Department of Community Health
- Minnesota Department of Human Services Info Center
- Mississippi Division of Medicaid
- Missouri Department of Social Services
- Missouri Medicaid Home Page
- Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services Medicaid
- Nebraska Health & Human Services System
- Nevada Division of Health Care Financing and Policy
- New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services - Medicaid Program
- New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Medical Assistance & Health Services (DMAHS)
- New Mexico HSD Medical Assistance Division
- New York State Medicaid
- North Carolina Division of Medical Assistance
- North Dakota
- Ohio ODJFS - Ohio Health Plans
- Oklahoma Health Care Authority
- Oregon Department of Human Services - Oregon Health Plan
- Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Office of Medical Assistance Programs (OMAP)
- Rhode Island Department of Human Services Health Care
- South Carolina Department of Health & Human Services Medicaid
- South Dakota Department of Social Services Medical Services
- Tennessee TennCare
- Texas Health and Human Services Commission - Texas Medicaid Program
- Utah Medicaid Program
- Vermont Department of Prevention, Assistance, Transition, and Health Access (PATH)
- Virginia PATH Health Care Programs
- Washington Department of Social & Health Services, Medical Assistance Administration (state web site)
- Washington Department of Social & Health Services, Medical Assistance Administration (MAA) - OMPRO web site
- Washington D.C. Department of Health Medical Assistance Administration
- West Virginia DHHS Bureau for Medical Services (being redesigned as of 3/23/03)
- Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services Medicaid
- Wyoming Division of Health and Family Services
- Wyoming ACS Medicaid site
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