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Article: HIPAA Is Coming, But Is the Sky Falling?Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)(Brief Article)
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- Healthcare Financial Management
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- April 1, 2000
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"Nobody's come up with a cost number, but we know it's big. This should dwarf Y2K."
--Rick Wade, senior vice president for the American Hospital Association, on the costs of implementing administrative simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
"[With the] turmoil in the healthcare industry right now [ldots].the new HIPAA standards will be devastating. [ldots]This requires deep thought. It's not something you can whip out in a couple of years."
--Alton Brantley, vice president and chief information officer for MedStar Health, describing the work he thinks his organization will have to do to ...