Docuzon is the industry leader in helping organization become legally compliant with regulations governing the transmission of electronic documents and signatures.

•  HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs. HIPAA also requires the establishment of national standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers, health insurance plans, and employers. Docuzon takes the steps necessary to implement reasonable administrative safeguards within its own operations and qualified as a HIPAA “business associate”.  The Docuzon Service incorporates the relevant required technical standards of HIPAA’s Security Rule

HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Resources

http://complianceonline.com/cms/cms/Offline/Default.htm?category_id=30007&ind=/Offline/RegulatoryBodies/HIPAA/

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
• National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)
• Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange
• Portability of Health Coverage - Dept. of Labor
• Full List of HIPAA-Related Links

• The Privacy Rule
• HIPAA Statute
• The Security Rule
• Transactions and Code Set Standards
• Identifier Standards
  • Employer Identifier Standard
  • National Provider Identifier Standard (NPI)

Compliance & Enforcement

• How to File a Health Information Privacy Complaint
• HIPAA Administrative Simplification Enforcement Final Rule, Published February 16, 2006 - [HTML | PDF - 300KB]
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act WIKI