# Administrative Simplification; Adoption of Standards for Health Care Claims Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule. · Published 2026-03-24 · Effective 2026-05-26 · 91 FR 14350
## Document
- **Document number:** 2026-05676
- **Category:** hipaa-privacy
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 91 FR 14350
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 160
- **Publication date:** 2026-03-24
- **Effective date:** 2026-05-26
- **HHS docket:** CMS-0053-F
## Abstract

This final rule implements requirements of the Administrative Simplification subtitle of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, enacted on March 30, 2010--collectively, the Affordable Care Act. Specifically, this final rule adopts standards for health care claims attachments transactions, which will support health care claims transactions, and a standard for electronic signatures to be used in conjunction with health care claims attachments transactions.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/24/2026-05676/administrative-simplification-adoption-of-standards-for-health-care-claims-attachments-transactions)
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