HIPAA

http://www.hfs.illinois.gov/hipaa/
The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) informational Web pages. The department will use these pages to communicate HIPAA-specific information to our providers in a concise and consistent manner.

http://www.hipaadvisory.com
HIPAAdvisory, sponsored by Phoenix Health Systems, but a non-commercial site. Has extensive information about HIPAA, including latest news, FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), links to the actual regulations, and more.

http://www.hipaadvisory.com/regs/index.htm
Links to copies of the regulations, including Guidance on Privacy Rule issued by DHHS December, 2002.

http://www.ahima.org
AHIMA - American Health Information Management Association

http://www.wedi.org
Workforce for Electronic Data Interchange homepage

http://www.wedi.org/public/articles/hipaa_glossary.pdf
Glossary of HIPAA terminology, from WEDI

http://www.wedi.org/snip/public/articles/index%7E6.htm
What is HIPAA? (from WEDI SNIP)

http://www.cms.gov/hipaa/
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services HIPAA website

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/
Website maintained by the Office for Civil Rights (enforcers of the HIPAA Privacy Standards) with links to educational materials, regulations and standards and background information