"While the most immediate operational impact of this rule will likely fall on providers, payers, clearinghouses, and technology vendors, it also has important implications for employer sponsored group health plans. Group health plans are HIPAA covered entities for administrative simplification purposes, and plan sponsors should not assume that compliance is solely a vendor responsibility. Plan sponsors should begin working now with insurers, TPAs, and other business partners to assess whether systems, workflows, and service agreements will support the new electronic claims attachment standards by the 2028 compliance deadline."  MORE >>