CMS may Deploy HIPAA Transactions Contingency Plan

 CMS is looking at the readiness of health care providers, payers and fiscal intermediaries to decide whether to enact a contingency plan for the HIPAA transactions and code sets rule, which takes effect Oct. 16. If CMS deploys its contingency plan, Medicare would continue to accept and send transactions in current formats while providers and others worked toward implementing the HIPAA standards, AHA News reports.

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