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Revised: March 2004

• CMS Publishes Final Rule for National Provider Identifier (3/8/04)
• CMS to Accept Non-Compliant Transactions: Contingency Plan Implemented (9/25/03)
• CMS Sponsors Roundtable Discussion on Transactions and Code Sets (9/18/03)
• CMS Publishes Guidance on Compliance with HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets (7/29/03)
• Upper Great Lakes HIPAA Implementation Workshop, July 24 & 25 (7/3/03)
• HHS Issues Interim HIPAA Enforcement Rule (4/30/03)
• CMS Establishes HIPAA List Serve (4/9/03)
• MMIC Provides Business Associate Contract (3/19/03)
• HHS Offers Resources for HIPAA Help (3/6/03)
• Final Security Rule Published (2/25/03)
• HHS Office for Civil Rights Issues New Privacy Guidance (12/5/02)
• Final Changes to Privacy Regulation Published (8/14/02)
• CMS Issues Model Compliance Plan for One-Year Extension of Transaction Deadline (4/5/02)
• Changes to Privacy Regulation Proposed (4/5/02)
• HHS Issues Letter re: Releasing Information to Professional Liability Insurers Under Privacy Regulations (1/18/02)
• Transaction and Code Set Standards Compliance Deadline Extended (1/18/02)
• HHS Issues Rule on Electronic Submission of Medicare Claims (8/15/03)