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HIPAA Expansion Retained by Senate Bill

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Sen. Max Baucus' proposal to mandate use of "operating rules" that would make HIPAA transactions more uniform remains in the version of the Senate Finance Committee health reform bill that soon will have a vote. The bill also would add the electronic funds transfer (EFT) of health claims payments as a HIPAA transaction. It further would require release of a final rule within two years of enactment to establish unique health plan identifiers, to be effective by Oct. 1, 2012. The identifiers were mandated under HIPAA when enacted in 1996 but never implemented.

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