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Basics - Significant Dates

Significant HIPAA Dates
for Healthcare Providers

Each HIPAA regulation becomes effective 60 days after the final regulation is issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. Compliance is required two years after the effective date of the regulation.

If no date is shown in a box, the regulation has not yet reached that stage of development.

Regulation
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Issued
Final Rule Issued
Effective Date
Required Compliance Date
Electronic Transactions and Code Sets 5/7/98 8/17/00
Modifications issued 2/20/03		 10/16/00
·  10/16/02
·  10/16/03 if compliance plan is submitted to HHS by 10/16/02
Claims Attachments
  		       
Security
 		 8/12/98
 		 2/20/03
 		 4/21/03
 		 4/21/05
   
Privacy
  		11/3/99
  		12/28/00
  		4/14/01
  		4/14/03
 
National Provider Identifier 5/7/98 1/22/04  5/23/05  5/23/07 
National Employer Identifier 6/16/98
5/31/02
7/30/02
7/30/04
National Health Plan Identifier        
National Individual Identifier        

 

Revised: March 2004