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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) version 5010: New Requirements for Electronic Transactions Effective Jan. 12, 2012

What is HIPAA 5010?
CMS Timeline and Resources
- CMS HIPAA 5010 educational resources Web page
- Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Special edition article SE0904: Introductory overview of HIPAA 5010
- Additional information concerning HIPAA 5010: Includes links to transaction side-by-side comparisons with the current version 4010A1
- Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
AMA Resources

Stimulus Package Incentives for Electronic Health Records

FTC Publishes Proposed Breach Notification Rule for Electronic Health Information

Mobile E-mail, SMS Opening up Patient-Physician Communication Channels Read story from FierceHealthcare

Michigan Medical Society to Launch Health IT Exchange Read story from American Medical News

bullet EHR Central

Electronic Health Records Central: An online member benefit to help you with your research and to understand available Academy resources: articles, educational seminars, system functionality, lists of providers and more.

E-Prescribing

Resources and the Incentive Bonus

Resources

Billing Software: Questions to Ask Your Vendor (Word 106K)
Information Technology Glossary (PDF 60K)
The following materials were provided courtesy of Alcon Laboratories:
- How to Choose Software and Hardware
- How to Choose an IT Vendor

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NEW! Information Technology article archive View back issues of AAOE and Academy publications organized by topic.
Executive Update Archive February 2003 to Current Issue