HIPAA's electronic transactions rule: implications for behavioral health providers.

Issue Brief George Wash Univ Cent Health Serv Res Policy

Center for Health Services Research and Policy, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, D.C., USA.

Published: December 2002

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