<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:itemdetail="http://namespaceForItemDetail/"><channel><title>HIPAA Title I Bulletins</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/List.asp</link><description>This is a list of HIPAA Title I Bulletins issued by CMS.</description><lastBuildDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:21:53 EST EST</lastBuildDate><copyright /><item><title>2002</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198406</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198406</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:10:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Group and Individual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 02-04&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; Characteristics of Bona Fide Associations and an Issuer's Guaranteed Availability Obligations&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>2002</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198407</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198407</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:22:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Group and Individual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 02-05&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; How Selling Coverage Exclusively Through Bona Fide Associations Affects Guaranteed Renewability&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>1998</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198408</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198408</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:12:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 1998&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Group and Individual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 98-01&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; Agent Commissions and Application Processing Delays&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>2004</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198411</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198411</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:07:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 2004&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Individual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 04-02&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; Federal Eligibility Under HIPAA After Group Health Plan Termination&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>2005</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198413</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198413</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:10:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 2005&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Individual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 05-02&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; Benefit Exclusions that Cannot be Applied to Eligible Individuals Under Individual Market Provisions&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>1999</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198414</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198414</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:29:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 1999&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Individual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 99-02&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; Issues Related to Eligible Individual Status&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>1999</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198409</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198409</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:09:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 1999&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Group and Individual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 99-03&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; Group Size Issues Under Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>2005</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198412</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198412</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:20:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 2005&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Individual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 05-01&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; Coverage through a Foreign Government, the U.S. Government, and  SCHIP is Creditable Coverage&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>2008</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1210329</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1210329</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:40:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Group and Individual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 08-01&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; Circumstances Under Which Supp. Health Ins. Cov. Satisfies the Req. for Excepted Benefits 2791(c)&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>2000</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198371</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198371</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:37:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 2000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Group&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 00-03&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; The Relationship of Certain Types of State Laws to the Application of Guaranteed Availability&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>2000</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198373</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198373</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:27:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 2000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Group and Individual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 00-01&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; Imposing Nonconfinement Clauses on Eligible Individuals&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>2002</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198374</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198374</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:48:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Group and Individual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 02-01&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; How to Apply the "";Product Withdrawal""; and "";Market Exit""; Exceptions to Guaranteed Renewability&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>2001</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198376</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198376</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:40:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 2001&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Individual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 01-01&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; Guaranteed Renewability of Conversion Policies&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>2000</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198375</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198375</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:37:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 2000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Individual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 00-02&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; Issue Related to Eligible Individual Status Under Section 2741(b) of the Public Health Service Act&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>2001</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198410</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198410</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:25:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 2001&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Individual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 01-02&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; Identifying Federally Eligible Individuals in States Electing to Use Alternative Mechanisms&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>2002</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198405</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198405</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:20:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Group and Individual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 02-03&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; Obligations Health Insurance Issuers Have to Associations/Members-Guaranteed Renewability&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>2000</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198398</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198398</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:13:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 2000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Group&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 00-05&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; Guaranteed Availability Under Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act-Group Participation Rules&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>2000</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198401</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198401</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:47:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 2000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Group&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 00-06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; Circumstances Under Which "";Individual""; Health Insurance Is Subject To Group Market Requirements&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>2004</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198402</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198402</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:53:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 2004&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Group&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 04-01&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; HIPAA Enforcement Is Not Preempted By COBRA&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>1999</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198403</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198403</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:25:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 1999&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Group&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 99-01&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; Applicability of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to Secondary Coverage&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>2000</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198372</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198372</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:36:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 2000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Group&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 00-04&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; State "";succeeding-carrier""; or "";extension of benefits""; laws and an issuer's obligation under HIPAA&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>2002</title><link>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198404</link><guid>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/healthinsreformforconsume/hipaatitleibulletins/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=CMS1198404</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:51:00 EST</pubDate><description>&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt; 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Market:&lt;/b&gt; Group and Individual&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bulletin Number:&lt;/b&gt; 02-02&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; Application of Group and Individual Market Requirements to Coverage Sold To or Through Associations&lt;br /&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>
