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GAO-09-331R 1 (2009-01-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwwu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: im T I IAccountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-317727 January 30, 2009 The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Chairman The Honorable Michael B. Enzi Ranking Minority Member Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate The Honorable Henry A. Waxman Chairman The Honorable Joe Barton Ranking Minority Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretay: Health Insurance Reform; Modifications to the Health Insurance Portability and AccountabilityAct (HIPAA) Electronic Transaction Standards Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Secretary, entitled Health Insurance Reform; Modifications to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Electronic Transaction Standards (RIN: 0938-AM50). We received the rule on January 15, 2009. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on January 16, 2009. 74 Fed. Reg. 3296. The final rule adopts updated versions of the standards for electronic transactions originally adopted under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. The final rule also adopts a transaction standard for Medicaid pharmacy subrogation, and two standards for billing retail pharmacy supplies and professional services. The final rule has an effective date of March 17, 2009, for most provisions of the rule. Enclosed is our assessment of HHS's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. Our review of the procedural steps taken indicates that HHS complied with the applicable requirements. GAO-09-33IR

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