Re: HIPAA-AS Law in US and xCIL

["Ram Kumar" <rkumar@msi.com.au>]

Hi Robert,

> I am an information architect working for a health insurance company 
> in the
> U.S. We are trying to standardize the XML schema that we will use to 
> communicate customer information between our applications and with 
> our external service bureaus. I believe that the xCIL standard 
> should form a basis for this. The U.S. has this a new law (HIPAA-AS) 
> that limits the consumer information that can be shared among 
> healthcare industry companies
> (Insurance companies, Physicians, Hospitals, etc). Is there a 
> HIPAA_AS subcommittee of the xCIL Technical Committee? 

No, there is not one and if required it can be formed if there is
enough interest. The Medbiqutous Consortium uses xCIL heavily for
storing patients and medical professionals profile.

>I think that 
> a metadata attribute for each xCIL element defining it as HIPAA_AS 
> compatible or not would be very helpful to U.S. health insurance 
> companies. Is there any actvity or discussion about this in your 
> committee?  

If you and your group are keen to contribute to this activity by
helping us to form a subcommittee, let me know and CIQ TC will be keen to 
help.

Regards,

Ram
> 
> Any information would be greatly appreciated. 
> 
> Robert Gantt
> Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida
> Consultant
> CIP Project Team
> (904) 905 3401
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