HIPAA Begins Today

The Advocate reports that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) goes into effect today. The article provides a nice overview of what the act provides for patients and the associated burdens it places on healthcare providers.

"I don't think anyone would argue that this is going to be a burden," said Gregory Frost, an attorney with Adams and Reese LLP who has spent the last two years working with health-care providers in Louisiana to implement the new regulations. "But it's the price we pay for administrative simplification, and it's important to understand it in that context."

The Times-Picayune also reports here.

Posted by AJR at April 14, 2003 08:32 AM