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The following was received (unencrypted, unauthenticated and
unrepudiated thusfar) via the Internet from OSASPE/DHHS on May 9, 1999
(slightly edited for tabular presentation):
"Tentative Schedule for Publication of HIPAA
Administrative Simplification Regulations
The Department of Health and Human Services is planning to issue
HIPAA regulations under the following schedule. The amount of time from
publication of the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) to publication of the
final rule is needed to review and respond to the large number of comments
received on the NPRMs. (For example, we received over 17,000 comments on the
Transactions and Coding NPRM alone). Both the logistics of handling that many
comments, and the analysis of the issues raised impact on the time it is taking
to develop the final rule. In addition, these rules need to be reviewed not
only within the Department of Health and Human Services and a number of its
subordinate agencies, but also with several other Federal departments affected
by the rules. This schedule is, of course, subject to change due to a number of
circumstances.
NPRMs Already Published:
Standard NPRM Published -- Expect Final Rule
Transactions and Coding 5/07/98 -- 11/99
National Provider Identifier 5/07/98 -- 12/99
National Employer Identifier 6/16/98 -- 12/99
Security 8/12/98 -- 12/99
NPRMs in Development:
National Health Plan Identifier 12/99 -- 5/2001
Claims Attachments 9/99 -- 9/2000
National Individual Identifier (On hold pending privacy)
*Standards are required to be implemented within 2 years of the
effective date of the final rule; generally 60 days after publication of the
rule. However, the effective date for the National Provider Identifier is
planned to be no earlier than 7/2000, to give the Department enough time to
develop the system for implementing the identifier." |
