Standard Unique Employer Identifier

[Federal Register: May 31, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 105)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 38009-38020]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr31my02-13]

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

45 CFR Parts 160 and 162

[CMS-0047-F]
RIN 0938-AI59

Health Insurance Reform: Standard Unique Employer Identifier

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This final rule establishes a standard for a unique employer identifier and requirements concerning its use by health plans, health care clearinghouses, and health care providers. The health plans, health care clearinghouses, and health care providers must use the identifier, among other uses, in connection with certain electronic transactions.

The use of this identifier will improve the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and other Federal health programs and private health programs, and the effectiveness and efficiency of the health care industry in general, by simplifying the administration of the system and enabling the efficient electronic transmission of certain health information. It will implement some of the requirements of the Administrative Simplification subtitle of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This regulation is effective July 30, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Peyton, (410) 786-1812.

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