Health Insurance Reform: Standard Unique Employer Identifier
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2002-05-31 · Effective 2002-07-30 · 67 FR 38009
Document
Document number
02-13616
Federal Register citation
67 FR 38009
CFR reference
45 CFR 160
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2002-05-31
Effective date
2002-07-30
HHS docket
CMS-0047-F
Abstract
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.