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Administrative Simplification

	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services


What's New?	TRANSACTIONS 5/31/02 HHS proposes to adopt changes to Transaction Standards as recommended by the Designated Standards Maintenance Organizations Read the proposed rule on the GPO website. 3/29/02 - CMS Issues Model Compliance Extension Plan FAQs on Administrative Simplification Compliance Act (ASCA)	What's New?
	DATA STANDARDS 5/31/02 HHS proposes to repeal the NDC code as the standard code set to refer to drugs. Read the proposed rule on the GPO website 5/31/02 in Final Rule HHS adopts National Employer Identification Standard for use in health care transactions. Read the final rule on the GPO website
	Medical Privacy - National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information 8/14/02 Final Rule Published 3/28/02 -- HHS Proposes Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule

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	Last update: 12 August, 2002