Compliance Extension for Electronic Transaction Rule-Administrative Simplification Compliance Act
I am writing to you regarding the Administrative Simplification Compliance
Act (ASCA), P.L. 107-105, signed into law by President Bush on December 27,
2001. This new law enables health plans, including the plans administered by
the single state Medicaid agencies, to obtain a one-year delay in the date by
which they must comply with the requirements of the rule titled "Standards
for Electronic Transactions," published at 65 F.R. 50312, August 17, 2000.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: March 07, 2002
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