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Federal RegisterGuidance and regulationPublished March 24, 2026

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

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.

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Tags
HIPAA, Rule, Health and Human Services Department, cybersecurity, information blocking
Related exam domains
CISSP 1: Security and Risk Management
Source record id
2026-05676
First seen by InfoSec Signals
9/23/2026

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