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• HHS Issues Final and Substantially Revised Privacy Rule ( December 2000 )
  

  This Shaw Pittman Alert reviews the Department of Health and Human Services final standards for privacy of individually identifiable health information.

• HHS Releases Final Rule for Standards for Electronic Transactions and Code Sets ( September 2000 )
  

  This alert reviews the Department of Health and Human Services final rule which adopts the standards for eight electronic transaction and code sets. These regulations comply with the administrative simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

• Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank Requirements Effective Immediately ( November 1999 )
  

  This report summarizes how the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank will operate.

• Update: Corrections To Proposed Privacy Rule ( January 2000 )
  

  This article contains corrections to the Department of Health and Human Services proposed rule for Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information.

• Juvenile Law--Discussing Dependency And Neglect In Ohio Courts ( November 1999 )
  

  Ohio's Juvenile Courts have jurisdiction over several different types of cases. The Juvenile Court can hear crimina.

• Compliance Program Guidance for Third Party Medical Billing Companies ( March 1999 )
  

  Guide from the Department of Health and Humans Services designed to assist third-party medical billing companies and their agents and subcontractors in developing effective internal controls that promote adherence to applicable Federal and State law, and the program requirements of Federal, State and private health plans.

• Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Letter 97-3 ( August 1997 )
  

  Advisory letter from the Department of Health and Human Services that examines 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b(a)(6), which prohibits certain dispositions of assets for the purpose of qualifying for Medicaid.

• Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Letter 97-4 ( October 1997 )
  

  Advisory letter from the Department of Health and Human Services which examines whether declining to pursue collection of co-payments from certain patients who have employer-sponsored Medicare complementary coverage constitutes grounds for imposition of sanctions under Section231(h) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

• Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Letter 97-5 ( October 1997 )
  

  Advisory letter from the Department of Health and Human Services which examines an outpatient radiology imaging center joint venture owned by a medical group specializing in radiology and a hospital care provider and its treatment under the anti-kickback statute, Section 1128B of the Social Security Act.