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Hour: | 1 |
Sectors: | Healthcare |
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HIPAA stands for "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act" (HIPAA). President Bill Clinton signed the bill into law on August 21, 1996. It is said to be the most significant act of Federal legislation to affect the health care industry since Medicare and Medicaid were rolled out in 1965. The law officially became effective on July 1, 1997.
HIPAA required the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop regulations to protect the privacy and security of certain health information.
The following is a specific list of who needs to be HIPAA compliant:
Many organizations that have health information about you do not have to follow these laws.
Examples of organizations that do not have to follow the Privacy and Security Rules include:
This course is a summary of key elements of the HIPAA rules and not a complete and comprehensive guide to compliance. Entities regulated by the Rule are obligated to comply with all of its applicable requirements and should not rely on this summary as a source of legal information or advice.
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1. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (2014). HIPAA and OSHA: Whistleblower Complaints.
2. U.S. Department of Health & Human Resources. (2006). Health Information Privacy.
3. U.S. Department of Health & Human Resources. (2014). HIPAA Privacy Rule: What Employers Need To Know.
4. U.S. Department of Health & Human Resources. (2014a). Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
5. U.S. Department of Health & Human Resources. (2014b). Health Information Privacy.
6. U.S. Department of Health & Human Resources. (2014c). Sharing Health Information With Family Members and Friends.
7. U.S. Department of Health & Human Resources. (2014d). A Health Care Provider’s Guide to the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
8. Government of Kansas. (2014). HIPAA.