Lexology October 28, 2019
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has adopted its proposal to rescind the standard unique health plan identifier (HPID) and the “other entity identifier” (OEID), along with related implementation specifications and requirements for their use. HHS adopted the HPID and OEID in a September 5, 2012 final rule in order to improve the utility of the HIPAA transactions, but subsequently delayed enforcement due to implementation concerns raised by health plan and other stakeholder. HHS notes that in response to its December 19,...