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HIPAA 2. Medical Provider Section: Reference to Current DHHS Programs Besides affecting the Medicaid program, HIPAA will also have an impact on many other programs offered by the Nebraska DHHS.  If you work directly or indirectly with any of these programs, then you will also be impacted by HIPAA, due to the necessary information exchange, or the "business associate" relationship : HHSS Program Adoption/Medical (SA/Med) Adult Protective Services Aging and LTC Programs Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) Area Agencies on Aging Assistance to the Aged; Blind (AABD) Assisted Living Child Care (CC) Children & Family Services Medicaid (CFS) Children with Developmental Disabilities (CDD) Development Disabilities Case Management (DDCM) Developmental Disabilities Programs Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Programs Employment First (EF) Early Intervention Waiver (EI) Emergency Assistance (EA) Family Health Programs Food Stamp Program (FSP) Former Ward Medicaid (FW) Immunization Program Independent Living / Medicaid (IL) Juvenile Court (JC) Medicaid Home Health Private Duty Nursing Homes Medicaid in Public Schools Medicaid Personal Care Aides Medicaid Waiver Medical (MED) Medically Handicapped Children Program & Disabled Children Mental Health & Substance Abuse Programs Minority Health Programs Public Health Programs Refugee Resettlement Program (RR) Reproductive Health Respite Rural Health Programs Social Service Aged and Disabled Social Services for Children & Families (SSCI) Social Services for the Aged & Disabled (SSAD) Subsidized Adoption - Grant Only (SA) Subsidized Guardianship / Medical (SG/Med) Subsidized Guardianship (SG) Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Waiver - Adults with Developmental Disabilities (ADD) Waiver - Adults with Disabilities (AD) Waiver Katie Beckett Plan Women's Health Programs CDC Every Woman Matters (Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening) CDC WISEWOMAN (Cardiovasc & Diabetes Screen + Lifestye Intervention) Women Infants and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition Program Non-DHHS Programs.  Please note that there are other State-level programs, and private-sector initiatives, that will be impacted by HIPAA.  However, these pages were created specifically to address DHHS' own compliance effort, including its relationship with the medical providers and its business associates.  For those other HIPAA-affected programs, please contact those other individuals as appropriate.