Thomas HIPPA Tutorial Response August 13‚ 2014 HCA/210 Cherie King According to Austin‚ (2012) the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is "a federal law that mandates insurance portability and sets up procedures for electronic data exchange‚" (Page 20). This legislation is a congressional attempt to ensure patient ’s privacy is protected. The HIPAA consists of five
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 changed the way patient information is handled. It benefits the healthcare industry‚ patients‚ and physicians by creating a standard for handling patient information that helps to ensure privacy and improve efficiency. How has HIPAA benefited the healthcare industry? The main benefit that it provides is a minimum standard of how a patients private information is to be handled. This makes it easier on medical facilities by cutting
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DQ1 Why was the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) necessary? Prior to the enactment of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) health information was able to be shared without the knowledge or permission of the patient. This information was available to just about anyone including insurance agencies‚ places of employment and even loan lenders. People would potentially use individuals’ health information to deny them work or a loan for their home
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Services under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act declare to protect the privacy of American patients’ health information in several ways (HIPAA Privacy Regulations‚ 2000). As summarized by HHS‚ the regulations are intended to give patients control over their health information; create "limits" around how medical records can be used and released; make certain the security of personal health information; and ascertain accountability for the use and release of medical records (HIPAA
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The Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act which means HIPAA for was passed in 1966. It has two parts: Title 1 and Title II. Title 1 offer insurance coverage for people who change careers or lose their jobs. Title II sets the security and privacy standards for how doctors‚ hospitals‚ health insurance companies‚ and employers who handle sensitive health information. The pros of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is that it has a broader awareness on the importance
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)‚ was implemented by the Congress in order to improve access to health insurance‚ to promote standardization and efficiency in the healthcare industry‚ and to offer nationally standardized protections for individual health information The HIPAA Privacy Rule The HIPAA Privacy Rule was created so that the patients’ health information is protected and released only with the
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Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) who sets national standards that gives patient assurance that their health care records information are safe‚ is keep private and are properly maintained by a health care organization. Many people consider their health care records to be very sensitive and private. For this reason some patients find it hard to disclose certain information sometimes even with the doctor’s‚ but the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act gives patients a
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· How do these regulations effect the management of employees‚ resources‚ patients‚ and health care? · Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. According to Austin‚ (2012) the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is "a federal law that mandates insurance portability and sets up procedures for electronic data exchange‚" (Page 20). This legislation is a congressional attempt to ensure patient ’s privacy is protected. The HIPAA consists of five
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HIPPA 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Erica Chapman HCA-210 7/15/2012 Sherika Derico HIPPA (1996) There are laws that protect all of our patient information from being exposed to others‚ one law in particular is HIPPA law of 1996 (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). This law protects the privacy and security of all health information‚ whether it is on paper or electronically. HIPPA has two goals to make health insurance more portable for people
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In 1996 the U.S. Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The first pro about the HIPAA law is that it protects yours or a patient’s security and privacy rights. Every patient must read and sign that hit the consent form which will allow the patient’s medical records to be released. The patient will also have access and complete control over their medical records. The second pro in the HIPAA law is that it allows Health Care providers to check the patient’s
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