HIPPA Privacy: How It Affects You!!! 08/08/2013 Medical Assistant Eilleen E. Ruidiaz What is HIPAA? Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 – a Federal Law * Portability * Administrative Simplification * Data Standardization * Security * Privacy Portability: Protects and guarantees health insurance coverage when an employee changes job Accountability: Protects health data integrity‚ confidentiality and availability Reduces Fraud and Abuse
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HIPAA The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed in 1996 to safeguard medical information. Records previously were usually kept in file cabinets and were basically not protected. With the introduction of electronically transferring medical data‚ it became important to secure this information. HIPAA ensures how‚ when‚ where‚ and to whom this medical information can be distributed along with specific rules to follow. HIPAA does affect a patient’s access to their
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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 out confusion as to how this information should
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Administrative Ethics In 1996 Congress enacted HIPAA to protect the privacy and security of protected health information maintained by health care providers‚ which include health insurance companies‚ hospitals‚ doctors‚ and employers who sponsor self-insured health plans ("Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Of 1996 (HIPAA)"‚ 2011). HIPAA is enforced by the Department of Health and Human Services. There are two sets of regulations issued by the HHS; Standards for Privacy of Individually
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From the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) perspective on HIPAA‚ contemplate the three basic areas which HIT professionals must be most concerned with are: (1) Privacy Rules (2) Security Rules‚ and (3) Standardized transaction code sets | Write a paragraph on each of the 3 critical areas of HIPAA for a training session of your staff. Explain what they are‚ why they are important and how they impact staff duties and the organization. | HIPAA Rules (1) A major goal of the Privacy Rule is to assure
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electronic medical record system. Throughout this essay‚ we will discuss the effect of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act on the privacy of patient electronic medical records. This article discusses the failures and successes of HIPAA‚ including the strong and weak points of the legislation. Lastly‚ we will discuss more recent attempts at achieving a national system of electronic medical records‚ and recent attempts to strengthen privacy. Introduction The quickly developing
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based on health conditions? Companies have to tread lightly in trying to recoup the skyrocketing costs of health care by targeting smokers and the obese. Federal regulations‚ such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) or the American with Disabilities Act (ADA)‚ prohibit employers from discriminating on the basis of health status in setting health care premiums. What methods can employers find to curb the disproportionally higher health care costs for employees
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Body‚ Our Cells; and Returning the Blessings Of an Immortal Life. I then typed HIPAA into the search engine. The first and most recent one was titled HIPAA Fine Is a First by Jessica Zigmond. In this essay‚ I will relate the article to the book by bringing to surface thoughts you may or may not have critically pondered throughout the reading. What does HIPAA stand for‚ what does it mean? And why is it so important? HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This law helps
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Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a US law designed to provide privacy standards to protect patients ’ medical records and other health information provided to health plans‚ doctors‚ hospitals and other health care “providers” ("HIPAA‚" 2012). In recent years‚ the number of HIPAA violations has grown causing the enforcement and fining of organizations for breaching a patient’s privacy. Hospice of North Idaho (HONI) is the first health care organization fined $50‚000 for a HIPAA violation involving
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Write a 350- to 700-word paper on one of the following laws: HIPAA (1996) or EMTALA (1986). Pretend you are a health care manager employed at a small community hospital responsible for educating your staff about HIPAA (1996) or EMTALA (1986). Include the following in your paper: · Describe the law and its purpose. · Explain how it is enacted. For example‚ is it enacted by the state or federal government? · What are some key facts every employee should know about the law
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