State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) has achieved its fundamental purposes. This is because the SCHIP program had been successful in the provision of the healthcare needs of American children. The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)‚ which is otherwise known as the Title XXI of the Social Security Act‚ was made into law in 1997 by former US President Bill Clinton. The SCHIP law appropriates US$24 billion over 5 years to help the states to expand health insurance to children who
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Caitlin Morissette Introduction to Health Care April 8th‚ 2014 Dennis Matricardi Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 protects the right to privacy to all individuals medical records and health data. Title I of HIPAA (1996) protects health insurance coverage for workers and families when they change or lose their jobs
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no surprise that health insurance companies are getting in on the game. Health insurance companies usually (though not always) lose money when people get extremely ill and rack up high medical bills‚ so it is certainly understandable that they are now addressing the effects smoking has on their bottom line. Many now offer smoking cessation treatment coverage‚
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American Health Care/Insurance Essay In the United States‚ the issue of health care is a touchy one. There are two sides to this issue as there is to every other. In this issue‚ there is the people’s side and the government’s side. The one thing that they have in common is an opinion. In the opinion of the people‚ the health care system of the United States is extremely flawed and needs to be fixed desperately. Fifty million Americans are without health insurance. Only a quarter of a million
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People who do not have any health insurance are setting themselves up for financial ruin. Uninsured people do not have access to preventative and primary care or may have difficulty receiving follow-up care. An onset of a sudden illness such as cancer or diabetes or even an accident can accumulate medical bills. Therefore‚ paying a higher out-of-pocket expense in medical bills without the use of health insurance can lead to debt or bankruptcy. Acquiring health insurance is necessary so that people
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Due to these disastrous events there has been huge discussions about the mental health cases. Imagine if we could minimize the amount of these cases of people could easily receive help but many can not access to insurances that specialize in this category. Those who need help in being in a stable state of mental health sometimes unintentionally lead to dangersome effects. Health insurance should cover more for health illnesses. First of all ‚ many people have cases of mental illnesses. Michelle Singletary
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condition‚ the people’s health has become a hot topic of government. To ensure the people’s physical condition‚ so there is medical treatment. With the development of public health in the United States in recent years‚ some developed countries have surpassed the scope of payments. Which leads to new ways to protect their health - private health care. Practical with the advent of comfortable and convenient private medical treatment‚ people began to face a choice public health‚ or private care. For Canada
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On August 21‚ 1996 the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was passed (HIPAA). There was a dual purpose which was to make distribution of health care more efficient and to help the increasing number of Americans enrolling in their health insurance coverage (Nass‚ Levit‚ & Gostin‚ 2009). There were three main provisions of the Act: (1) the portability provisions‚ (2) the tax provisions‚ and (3) the administrative simplification provisions. With the advances of technology in the
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HIPAA is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It is a federal act with guidelines for standardizing the electronic data interchange of administrative and financial transactions‚ exposing fraud and abuse‚ and protecting PHI. This law is designed to protect people’s private health information‚ to ensure health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs‚ uncover fraud and abuse‚ and create standards for electronic transmission of healthcare
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have the right to keep medical records confidential. Disclosing patient health information is an violation of HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) and fines and criminal penalties can be imposed. Providers have an affirmative duty to patients and when failing to uphold their responsibilities to patients the provider could be held liable for damages. Medical office professionals can be
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