CMS Resources
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Answers to Frequently
Asked Questions
Links to other HIPAA sites, and information on the law, regulations, and
enforcement are located here.
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Small Provider Checklist Tool
Use this tool to help determine what you should be doing to become HIPAA
compliant.
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Covered Entity Decision Tool
Use this tool to help determine if you are a "covered entity" under
HIPAA.
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FREE HIPAA Roundtable Conference Call
This is a good source of information and a forum to get answers to your
questions on HIPAA Administrative Simplification. Our next call is
scheduled for February 28, 2003 from 2-3:30 EST. The call in number is
1-877-381-6315. The conference identification number is 8096358. Check
our website for future call information.
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FREE Video
CMS' Meeting the HIPAA Challenge: Implementing the Administrative
Simplifications of HIPAA. For free video, e-mail your request to
AskHipaa@cms.hhs.gov or call 1-866-282-0659. Stay tuned to our website
for information on our new video, which is in the works.
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FREE
Listserve
Sign up to receive notification when proposed or final rules on HIPAA
have been published in the Federal Register (The Federal Register is the
place where the government, upon passing a law, tells the public how the
law will be implemented).
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CMS Medicaid
HIPAA
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Medicare free / low cost
billing software
If you bill Medicare, there is software available to you free or for a
small charge. This software is designed only for Medicare claims.
Check the above link for the appropriate contact in your state for more
information.
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White
Paper: AM I A COVERED ENTITY PROVIDER?
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White Paper: HOW HIPAA IS RESHAPING THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS
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CMS E-Mail
Send HIPAA administrative simplification questions here.
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CMS HIPAA Hotline 1-866-282-0659
This hotline has been established to help answer your HIPAA
administrative simplification questions.
