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Article: Health Care Providers Urge HHS Secretary Thompson to Prevent Disruption From HIPAA Transaction Rule.
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- July 8, 2003
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WASHINGTON, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- A broad-based coalition of health care providers has written Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson urging him to act to prevent the disruption in the health care system that may occur with implementation of the HIPAA Transaction Rule this fall. The letter was hand-delivered to Secretary Thompson by the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA).
"We were very encouraged by Secretary Thompson's response," said Alan Mertz, President of ACLA and the chair of the coalition of providers. "He clearly understands the magnitude of the problem and wants to work with the provider and payer communities to fix it."
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