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Date
Deadline
October 15, 2002
Deadline to submit a compliance extension form for Electronic Health Care Transactions and Code Sets.
October 16, 2002
Electronic Health Care Transactions and Code Sets - all covered entities except those who filed for an extension and are not a small health plan.
April 14, 2003
Privacy - all covered entities except small health plans.
April 16, 2003
Electronic Health Care Transactions and Code Sets - all covered entities must have started software and systems testing.
October 16, 2003
Electronic Health Care Transactions and Code Sets - all covered entities who filed for an extension and small health plans.
Medicare will only accept paper claims under limited circumstances.
April 14, 2004
Privacy - small health plans.
July 30, 2004
Employer Identifier Standard - all covered entities except small health plans.
April 20, 2005
Security Standards - all covered entities except small health plans.
August 1, 2005
Employer Identifier Standard - small health plans.
April 20, 2006
Security Standards – small health plans.
May 23, 2007
National Provider Identifier - all covered entities except small health plans
May 23, 2008
National Provider Identifier - small health plans
January 16, 2009
This final rule adopts updated versions of the standards for electronic transactions originally adopted under the Administrative Simplification subtitle of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). This final rule also adopts a transaction standard for Medicaid pharmacy subrogation.
March 17, 2009
Effective date for the HIPAA Transaction Rule with the exception of Medicaid Pharmacy Subrogation section, which is effective January 1, 2010.
January 1, 2012
Compliance dates for Version 4010/4010a conversion to Version 5010 and technical reports type 3 and NCPCP Version 5.0 to Version D.0 for, for all covered entities except Medicaid Pharmacy Subrogation Programs which have a January 1, 2013 compliance.
More information on HIPAA National Provider Identifier (NPI) Rule (PDF)