CMS Announces Delay for Enforcing HIPAA Claims Standards

Healthcare Informatics: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS) announced this week that HIPAA-covered entities will have an extra 90 days to comply with operating rules for checking eligibility for health plan coverage and the status of healthcare claims electronically.

CMS said that its original January 1 compliance deadline for the operating rules remains intact, but it will not begin enforcing the rules until March 31. According to OESS, the delay is due to industry feedback suggesting that most entities would not be able to be in compliance with the operating rules by its original deadline.

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