HIPAA survey 2Q01 results: Spending and consulting use
Gartner Research Note via TechRepublic:
HIPAA survey 2Q01 results: Spending and consulting use
Gartner’s third iteration of its quarterly Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) panel survey was completed in June 2001. As previously reported, many healthcare organizations (HCOs) are simply not going to achieve complete compliance with HIPAA’s transaction and code set regulations by the 16 October 2002 deadline.
However, now that 85 percent of payers and 69 percent of providers have at least started conducting formal assessments of their readiness with the first set of HIPAA mandates, more information is emerging regarding HCOs’ expected HIPAA costs, as well as their current and projected use of outside consulting help.
