HIPAA in edi

HIPAA History, Rules and Regulations In 1996, President Clinton responded to the need for more efficient healthcare services at lower costs. The solution was signing into law the Kennedy-Kassebaum Act. This act is also known as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). It makes standards for healthcare EDI under the rules of the Department of Read More →

health care edi standards

Health Care EDI Fundamental Standards and WEDI Before speaking about Health Care EDI standardization, let us figure out brief history of EDI standards. In 1975 the TDCC (Transportation Data Coordinating Committee) gathered representatives from the transportation industry to create a first set of formal EDI transaction standards. These transaction sets were primarily created for the Read More →