The deadline for a large health plan to obtain its health plan identifier (“HPID”) is quickly approaching. As we previously advised (please see our Client Alert dated April 21, 2014), the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires a controlling health plan (“CHP”) to obtain a HPID, which must be used in any HIPAA electronic covered transaction that the health plan conducts or that a business associate conducts on behalf of the health plan. The term “controlling health plan” or “CHP” means a health plan (as defined by HIPAA) that (1) controls its own business activities, actions, or policies; or (2) (i) is controlled by an entity that is not a health plan; Continue reading Client Alert: HIPAA Deadline to Obtain Health Plan Identifier Quickly Approaching