HIPAA Deadlines
DATE DEADLINE
October 15, 2002   Submit extension request for Electronic Health Care Transactions and Code Sets
April 14, 2003   Privacy Standards—all covered entities except small health plans
April 16, 2002   Electronic Health Care Transactions and Code Sets—all covered entities must have started software and systems testing
October 16, 2003   Electronic Health Care Transactions and Code Sets—all covered entities who filed for an extension and small health plans
October 16, 2003   Medicare will only accept paper claims under limited circumstances
April 14, 2004   Privacy—small health plans
July 30, 2004   Employer Identifier Standard—all covered entities except small health plans
April 21, 2005   Security Standards— all covered entities except small health plans
August 1, 2005  

Employer Identifier Standard—small health plans
April 21, 2006   Security Standards—small health plans
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