HIPPA Violation Sarah Joss Rasmussen College Author Note This research paper is being submitted on March 3th‚ 2013‚ for Milo Sampson’s M230/HSC2641 Section 04 - Medical Law and Ethics class. HIPPA Violation – Privacy Rule Thesis: Preventing violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule greatly impacts any health care professional‚ specifically patient information as it relates to a pharmacy and its entire staff. Ever wonder what the acronym HIPAA stands for‚ how it relates to health care professionals
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HIPAA Violations Melissa Wells Rasmussen College Medical Law and Ethics HIPAA Violations A staff nurse working at a medical clinic looked up a patient file in order to weaken a lawsuit case the patient had against the nurse’s husband. She gave the information to her husband who then called the patient and made it known that he had medical information which he believed weakened the man’s case. He suggested that the man consider dropping the lawsuit. The patient called and informed the clinic
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How HIPPA Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome referred to as AIDS (Public Health Agency of Canada‚ 2010). Left untreated‚ HIV can damage the immune system that can lead to AIDS. When the initial diagnosis becomes established the patient has many adjustments to overcome. Feelings of shame‚ guilt‚ denial‚ depression‚ fear‚ anger and shock are the beginning of the ramifications one must face
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Trisha‚ HIPPA Violations need to be taken very seriously in the healthcare field. I am sure most employees are not aware of the penalties involved with a HIPPA violation. The American Recovery Act of 2009 created a tiered penalty for HIPPA violations. But it is the Office of Civil Rights that determines the amount of each penalty‚ and is dependent upon the nature and extent of harm that results from the breach (CMS‚ 2013). The fine for a first time violation by a person whom did not know they
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work within medical institutions and private practices to ensure that the Health Insurance What is HIPPA? HIPPA are the acronyms for the law enacted by Congress in l996 called “Health Insurance Privacy and Portability Act.” It was enacted to establish a national framework for Security Standards and Protections for confidentiality with regard to Healthcare Records. HIPPA regulations are organization into three primary areas: Administrative Simplification: These are regulations
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and races can also be the victims of HIV and AIDS. Understanding what exactly the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is all about help people to understand the implications of HIV and AIDS from the perspective of HIPPA confidentiality. In 1996 it was Congress that enacted HIPAA to prevent patient’s personal health information from being used by people who was not given permission or allowed too. HIPAA restriction was given permission to be allowed on medical
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HIPPA and Data Security Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) The HIPPA regulations address four broad areas. These are privacy‚ security identifiers‚ transaction and code sets. The Privacy Rule sets the standard for controlling protected health information (PHI) in different forms. Among others things‚ the privacy rules state that a patient has the right to access information‚ request for corrections
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PRIVACY The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was created August of 1996 by the United States Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton. The Department of Health and Human Services was asked to develop regulations for the use of electronic transaction standards‚ security‚ privacy‚ and uniform identification numbers for physicians‚ health plans and purchasers of health care and so on. Some of these regulations are published while some are still in the draft form. HIPAA is
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On August 21‚ 1996 a new law was signed called the Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act of 1996‚ which is abbreviated as HIPPA. There are two sections to the Act‚ Title I focus on protecting health insurance coverage for people who lose or change jobs. Title II was created to protect and ensure that health plans as well as health care providers keep health information confidential. Hybrid entity is a single legal entity that performs both covered and non-covered functions may choose
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County Medical community hospital to understand what HIPPA is all about how it operates‚ how it can have a tremendous effect on us as healthcare providers in many ways. The “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was passed in 1996” by “congress to ensure the protection and privacy” of the patient health information‚ weathers it’s in a clinic‚ a hospital‚ nursing facility‚ or even a dermatologist office. The main focus of HIPPA (1996) is to make sure that patient information is
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