| Introduction | |
| The Solution | x |
| OnlyConnect Framework | xi |
| BizTalk Server 2000 | xi |
| Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for HIPAA | xii |
| WPC and Microsoft Consulting Services | xii |
| Microsoft Solution Offering (MSO) Support | xii |
| Independent Software Vendors and Systems Integrators | xiii |
| A Fiscally Responsible Solution | xiii |
| CHAPTER 1 HIPAA | |
| Minding the Business of Health Care | 1 |
| K2 Trek: A Look at the Regulation | 2 |
| EDI | 4 |
| CHAPTER 2 To Implement HIPAA, or Not to Implement? | |
| Who Must Comply? | 21 |
| Publication in the Federal Register | 22 |
| The Business Value of EDI | 25 |
| The X12 Approach | 27 |
| HIPAA-Phobia | 29 |
| Pessimistic Voices | 31 |
| The Cost of Implementation | 31 |
| Beyond Expediency: The Value of Implementing HIPAA for the Entities That Must | 33 |
| CHAPTER 3 The HIPAA Solution Offered by Microsoft and Washington Publishing Company | |
| Core Technologies | 36 |
| Specialized Technology and Consulting | 36 |
| Partners | 37 |
| The OnlyConnect Framework | 38 |
| The Solution in Action | 44 |
| CHAPTER 4 Technical Deployment Overview | |
| Working in Tandem | 56 |
| BizTalk Server 2000 | 56 |
| BizTalk Mapper | 57 |
| The OnlyConnect Gap Analysis Tool | 68 |
| OnlyConnect FirstPass | 71 |
| CHAPTER 5 The New Health Care Economy: A Vision of Fundamental Change | |
| Technology Empowering Consumers | 73 |
| The Health Care Landscape | 74 |
| Provider Organizations and Physicians | 75 |
| Payers | 77 |
| Device Manufacturers | 78 |
| Private Sector Employers, Public Sector Agencies: Funding Health Care | 78 |
| Vision for a New Health Care Economy | 79 |
| The New Healthscape | 81 |
| APPENDIX A What Is the Federal Register? | |
| The Final HIPAA Rule for Transaction and Code Set Standards | 84 |
| Timeline | 106 |
| HIPAA Supplemental Information | |
| PART I A HIPAA Glossary & Acronymary | 114 |
| PART II Consolidated HIPAA Administrative Simplification Final Rule Definitions | |
| 45 CFR 160.103 Definitions | 140 |
| 45 CFR 160.202 Definitions | 145 |
| 45 CFR 162.103 Definitions | 146 |
| 45 CFR 164.501 Definitions | 147 |
| 45 CFR 164.504 Uses and Disclosures: Organizational Requirements | 153 |
| PART III Purpose & Maintenance | |
| Purpose | 154 |
| Maintenance | 154 |
| INDEX | 155 |
