Biomedical Research, Science, & Technology

Why have national standards for electronic health care transactions been adopted and why are they required?Congress and the health care industry have agreed that standards for the electronic exchange of administrative and financial health care transactions are needed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system.

Study Methods Coordination and Client Services Advantages of Coordination for the Client Factors that Promote Coordination Challenges to Coordination

Federal Register: November 3, 1999 [Proposed Rules] [Pages 59918-60065] [DOCID:fr03no99P] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Parts 160 through 164 Rin: 0991-AB08

[Federal Register: August 12, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 155)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 43241-43280] [DOCID:fr12au98P] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Part 142 [HCFA-0049-P] RIN 0938-AI57 Security and Electronic Signature Standards

[Federal Register: June 16, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 115)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 32784-32798] [DOCID:fr16jn98-39] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Part 142 [HCFA-0047-P] RIN 0938-AI59 Health Insurance Reform: National Standard Employer Identifier

[Federal Register: May 7, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 88)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 25271-25320] [DOCID:fr07my98-25] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Part 142 [HCFA-0149-P] RIN 0938-AI58

[Federal Register: May 7, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 88)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 25320-25357] [DOCID:fr07my98-26] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Part 142 [HCFA-0045-P]

As part of its ongoing research program in public health infrastructure, The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) commissioned The Lewin Group to study the relationship between public health laboratories (PHLs) and managed care organizations (MCOs).

Prepared by Roy Ahn, Daniel S. Gaylin, Alison Keiller, Daniel N. Mendelson, Adil Moiduddin, and Robert J. Rubin, M.D. of The Lewin Group under the direction of Cheryl Austein, Project Officer for the Office of Health Policy, within the Office of the Assistant Secretary forPlanning and Evaluation (ASPE), Department of Health and Human Services. October 6, 1997 "

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