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Rule2026-05676

Administrative Simplification; Adoption of Standards for Health Care Claims Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures

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Published
March 24, 2026
Effective
May 26, 2026

Issuing agencies

Health and Human Services Department

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.

Indexed from Federal Register on March 24, 2026.

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