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HHS - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation - Administrative Simplification in the Health Care Industry - THE place to start!

HHS - Office for Civil Rights - HIPAA

Office for Civil Rights. Medical Privacy - National Standards to Protect
the Privacy of Personal Health Information.

 

CMS - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (the agency formerly known as HCFA)

 

HIPAA Regulations & Standards

AHIMA - American Health Information Management Association

 

AHLA - American Health Lawyers Association

Leading health law to excellence through education, information, and dialogue, the American Health Lawyers Association (Health Lawyers) is the nation's largest, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) educational organization devoted to legal issues in the healthcare field.

 

HFMA - Healthcare Financial Management Association

Includes HIPAA Resources:  Readiness Survey Results, Risk Factor Assessment Tool (member benefit), status report, seminars, audioteleconferences, books, audiotapes, articles and technical documents and >annotated links.

 

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.

 

 

Medical Associations

American Academy of Ophthalmology

American Academy of Family Physicians 

NORTH CAROLINA STATE OPTOMETRIC SOCIETY

Georgia Academy of Family Practice