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What if all electronic transactionsin the health care industry were more efficient and faster?The CMS Compliance Review Program wants to makethat goal a reality.When administrative transactions move through the system,they're like cars and buses moving through a crowded city.They can only reach their top speed and destinationwhen everyone follows the same standardized, rules of the road.When all HIPAA-covered entities, including health plans,clearinghouses, and covered health care providers--even those that do not accept Medicare and Medicaid--know and follow the regulations for standards,it can help information traffic move quickly and efficiently,so providers and health plans can spend less time on claimsand more time on patients.That's why standardizing the transactions is so important.Because of this, Congress has requiredthat health care entities use the standard transactions.These standards specify the content and the formatof all transactions.But not everyone is