Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), mandating that core financial and administrative transactions, including billing, claims processing, eligibility, and payment and remittance advice, be transmitted electronically.

Is your office HIPPA compliant?

Here are some links to Web sites that are related to the medical billing industry.

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

• American Medical Association

• DrKoop.com

• Doctor's Guide to the Internet

• Healthcare Billing & Management Association (HBMA)

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

• Illinois Department of Professional Regulation

• JAMA - The Journal of the American Medical Association

• Managed Care magazine

• Medicare Information

• Medicare Online Training

• Modern Healthcare - Your Source for Weekly Healthcare Business News

• National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) - Public Health Data Standards Consortium (PHDSC)

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• WebMD

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