HIPAA Final HCR 220
How HIPAA Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process Part Two
HCR 220
1-12-14
Axia University of Phoenix
How HIPAA Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process Part Two
When you hear HIV you always think of Aids are they the same or is there a difference.
HIPAA Privacy Rule: HIPAA is a federal law that:
• Protects the patients’ privacy with their medical records and other health information provided to health plans, hospital, doctors and all other health care providers.
• Allows the patient access to their medical records.
• It gives the patient rights to how their personal information is used and exposed. HIPAA has proven to be very successful in stopping discrimination against the people diagnosed with HIV and Aids by preventing anyone from knowing about their HIV and Aids status. In the year 2000 laboratories and doctors are required by law to report to their State Health Department all cases of HIV and Aids. They are reported to better measure the HIV and Aids epidemic, and how it is changing and to create programs for HIV and Aids prevention and offer medical which best serve affected people and their communities. All this information is protected by confidentiality laws. Under this law identifying information regarding who has HIV and Aids can only be used to help the State Health Department track the epidemic and for partner notification this information cannot be shared with immigration and naturalization Service (INS), police, welfare agencies, landlords, employers and insurance companies. The National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issues guidelines influencing states to collect and report the data on HIV and Aids so they can track the epidemic on a national basis. The state health department will then remove all the personal information (name, address, etc.) from your test results and send the information to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Over the next several years
HCR 220
1-12-14
Axia University of Phoenix
How HIPAA Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process Part Two
When you hear HIV you always think of Aids are they the same or is there a difference.
HIPAA Privacy Rule: HIPAA is a federal law that:
• Protects the patients’ privacy with their medical records and other health information provided to health plans, hospital, doctors and all other health care providers.
• Allows the patient access to their medical records.
• It gives the patient rights to how their personal information is used and exposed. HIPAA has proven to be very successful in stopping discrimination against the people diagnosed with HIV and Aids by preventing anyone from knowing about their HIV and Aids status. In the year 2000 laboratories and doctors are required by law to report to their State Health Department all cases of HIV and Aids. They are reported to better measure the HIV and Aids epidemic, and how it is changing and to create programs for HIV and Aids prevention and offer medical which best serve affected people and their communities. All this information is protected by confidentiality laws. Under this law identifying information regarding who has HIV and Aids can only be used to help the State Health Department track the epidemic and for partner notification this information cannot be shared with immigration and naturalization Service (INS), police, welfare agencies, landlords, employers and insurance companies. The National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issues guidelines influencing states to collect and report the data on HIV and Aids so they can track the epidemic on a national basis. The state health department will then remove all the personal information (name, address, etc.) from your test results and send the information to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Over the next several years