© 2003 American Public Health Association
Shiloh Turner is with Health Data Improvement, The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Serena Foong is with Healthcare Consulting Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Los Angeles, Calif. Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Shiloh Turner, MPA, Health Data Improvement, The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, 3805 Edwards Rd, Suite 500, Cincinnati, OH 45209-1948 (e-mail: sturner{at}healthfoundation.org).
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) has a profound impact on safety net providers. To help agencies afford expert consultation and provide the opportunity for collaboration, a regional health foundation has created the first model in the nation to bring together safety net providers to work toward implementation of the HIPAA.
| |||||||||||||||||||||