HIPAA Online Resources

For employer groups, brokers and consultants

At Tufts Health Plan, we understand that HIPAA is one of the most wide-ranging and comprehensive regulations ever to face the health care industry. That's why we want to help you find the information you need regarding the regulations.

The following is a list of some Web sites that you may want to visit to find some useful information regarding HIPAA. We've organized these sites into more specific categories to help you more readily find the information you desire.

HIPAA privacy regulations:

• United States Office of Civil Rights
• Your Rights Under HIPAA

Transaction and code set regulations:

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• American Dental Society

Massachusetts-specific HIPAA web pages:

• Massachusetts Web Page for Medicaid
• Massachusetts Web Page for Attorney General
• Massachusetts Medical Society
• Massachusetts Health Data Consortium

Independent HIPAA-related web sites:

• Workgroup for EDI (WEDI)
• Designated Standards Maintenance Organization (where all HIPAA modifications route through)
• American National Standards Institute
• The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission

National Healthcare Organization web sites with HIPAA information:

• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• American Hospital Association