Office of Civil Rights - HIPAA : OCR Provides technical support and enforcement for the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The OCR now has a HIPAA Hotline at 1-866-627-7748.
County HIPAA Listserv : Listserv for county government agencies to discuss issues with HIPAA implementation.
WEDI Strategic National Implementation Process (SNIP) : SNIP is a collaborative healthcare industry-wide process resulting in the implementation of standards and furthering the development and implementation of future standards. Founded by the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange.
GIVES State Government White Paper version 3 : White paper written by GIVES members and other contributors describing the unique challenges facing State Governments as they implement HIPAA compliance as well as the options available that the HIPAA GIVES members have found. All readers are welcome to contribute. Please submit comments/additions via the Contact Us link at the top of this web page.
Public Health Data Standards Consortium : (PHDSC)- The Public Health Data Standards Consortium is an organization of other public health organizations. The Consortium is currently creating standard definitions for data elements needed by public health and to provide common crosswalks where necessary.
HIPAA Guidance for Local Public Health Deptartments in NC : A web site developed to to assist local public health department personnel in North Carolina in their compliance efforts with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) 1996.
Governors Ask For Congress for HIPAA Delay : Health Data Management article about the letter sent to the leaders of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee by the National Governor's Association.
SHARP : Southern HIPAA Administrative Regional Process Web Site