White Papers for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Getting Organized for HIPAA

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

States Provide Trail Markers and the Best Approach Up the South Face. The first component of the good practices package is the leadership role of state government. The Single State Agency for Medicaid is defined differently by each state. A few are stand-alone organizations but most are part of a larger health care human services, or combined agency. HIPAA crosses over the boundaries of State agencies. Therefore, the higher the level of authority for implementing HIPAA, the greater the opportunity for coordination and cooperation across all affected agencies, departments, division, et al.

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