DESC: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) mandates standardization in electronic healthcare administration. Washington Publishing Company (WPC) - the main publisher of HIPAA implementation guides - and Microsoft have developed a state-of-the-art solution to help the healthcare industry make this transition smoothly. Based on Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 plus technology from WPC, this standards-based solution for electronic data interchange helps reduce HIPAA compliance costs by accelerating transactions and eliminating paper shuffling among providers, plans, patients, and payers.