CalOHII is pleased to announce that the final regulations of the Demonstration Projects for the Electronic Exchange of Health Information were approved by the Office of Administrative Law on January 31, 2012, and has been filed with the Secretary of State.  Please find the links to the final regulations, public comments, and the final statement of reasons for revisions here.

 

February 2, 2012

CalOHII Policy Memorandum Released

CalOHII has released the attached Policy Memorandum to inform departments that a new HIPAA standard transaction has been adopted for Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) via an Interim Final Rule (IFR) by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  HHS is accepting comments regarding the adopted EFT standard.  HHS is adding a standard for EFT as required by the Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act (PPACA).  This IFR has a January 1, 2014 compliance date.

HIPAA impacted departments should review this IFR and provided comments to CalOHII by March 2, 2012.  CalOHII will assemble the comments and submit them to HHS by the due date.  Please send your comments and/or questions to Alan.Roush@OHI.CA.Gov.

Refer to the Policy Memorandum for more information.