Fed Regist. 1998 Jun 16;63(115):32784-98.
This rule proposes a standard for a national 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 would use the identifier, among other uses, in connection with certain electronic transactions. The use of this identifier would 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 would implement some of the requirements of the Administrative Simplification subtitle of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
本规则提出了一项关于全国雇主标识符的标准以及健康计划、医疗保健结算中心和医疗保健提供者使用该标识符的要求。健康计划、医疗保健结算中心和医疗保健提供者将在某些电子交易等用途中使用该标识符。使用此标识符将通过简化系统管理并实现某些健康信息的高效电子传输，改善医疗保险和医疗补助计划以及其他联邦健康计划和私人健康计划，以及总体上提高医疗保健行业的有效性和效率。它将实施1996年《健康保险流通与责任法案》行政简化副标题中的一些要求。
