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Government

HIPAA Admin Simplification Info. [Listserv]. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000. Accessed: June 27, 2006.
https://list.nih.gov/archives/hipaa-outreach-l.html
Also know as HIPAA-OUTREACH-L@LIST.NIH.GOV, this free, two-way discussion forum offers a method for asking questions of staff of DHHS along with a searchable archive of questions and announcements. The archive feature requires a password. To join the list and create passwords visit the web site. This listserv offers a variety of e-mail options explained on the site itself. For example, you could choose to get just the weekly digest, daily e-mails or just an index of subjects discussed with links via an e-mailed Web page.

HIPAA-REGS Listserv. [Listserv]. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000. Accessed: December 7, 2004.
http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/lsnotify.htm
This is a free e-mail announcement service notifying subscribers by e-mail when documents related to HIPAA regulations are published or posted. To join visit the Web site for details or proceed as follows: send e-mail to listserv@list.nih.gov
  • Leave the subject line of the e-mail blank.
  • Type the following into the first line in the body of the message: subscribe HIPAA-REGS first-name last-name
  • Replace first name and last-name with the given name and the family name of the person subscribing to the list.
Medicare EDI List. [Listserv]. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000. Accessed: December 7, 2004.
http://list.nih.gov/archives/medicareedi-l.html
Also know as MEDICAREEDI-L@LIST.NIH.GOV, this free, two-way discussion forum offers updates and information about Medicare EDI. It does not have an archive or messages.

OCR Privacy Listserv. [Listserv]. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2004. Accessed: December 7, 2004.
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/listserv.html
This is a free e-mail announcement service informing subscribers by e-mail about the Privacy Rule, FAQs, guidance and technical assistance materials. To join this list, visit the Web site.

Organizations or Commercial

HIPAAlive. [Listserv]. Montgomery Village, MD: Phoenix Health Systems, 2000. Accessed December 7, 2004.
http://www.hipaadvisory.com/live/
This free, active two-way discussion listserv has more than 1,600 participants discussing all aspects of the topic and is sponsored by HIPAAdvisory and Phoenix Health Systems as a service to the healthcare industry. It maintains an archive and offers a digest mode.

NJHA-HIPAAWatch. [Listserv]. Princeton, N.J.: New Jersey Hospital Association, December 7, 2004.
http://www.njha.com/hipaa_section/hipaa.watch.aspx
An interactive e-mail and bulletin board system designed to help NJHA members and staff exchange the latest information on issues related to HIPAA. HIPAAWatch is restricted to members of the New Jersey Hospital Association.

Rx2000 HIPAA Listserv [Listserv]. Minneapolis, MN: Rx2000 Institute, 2000. Accessed: December 7, 2004.
http://www.rx2000.org/hipaa/hiplist.htm
A highly active two-way discussion group with thousands of members. A moderated group open to all interested parties in the healthcare field. Free, searchable archive.



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