HIPAA Transaction Standards Deadline Imminent Obstacles still in the way for many.

Focuses on the struggle of health care providers to complete the extensive testing and systems conversion of all insurance claims electronically as dictated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 in the U.S. Deadline for the HIPAA transaction standards; Changes to the Medicaid program; Identification of current payment trends in health insurance.