The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act‚ most commonly known by its initials HIPAA‚ was enacted by Congress then signed by President Bill Clinton on August 21‚ 1996. This act was put into place in order to regulate the privacy of patient health information‚ and as an effort to lower the cost of health care‚ shape the many pieces of our complicated healthcare system. This act also protects individuals from losing their health insurance if they lose their employment or choose to
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On March 4th‚ 2016‚ several students were taken into custody for the possession of “$100‚000 worth of [MDMA] the notorious club drug.” “Police said more than 4.1 pounds‚ or 5‚000 tablets of MDMA with a street value of $100‚000 was seized” (Albarazi). In the article‚ UC Santa Cruz MDMA Ring Busted; Sorority‚ Fraternity Members Jailed‚ Hannah Albarazi talks about the case of an MDMA drug bust that occurred on the campus of UC Santa Cruz. The author talks about the case by explaining the event‚ by describing
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ventures‚ create friendships‚ and express themselves in a free manner. The first fraternity was created in 1776 by a group of students in William and Mary College‚ where they named it Phi Beta Kappa and kept their society a secret. The first sorority was formed in 1867 at Monmouth College‚ where they named themselves Phi Beta Phi. The term “rush” originated during this time and was coined to imply fraternities rushing to find freshmen to join their group. Today‚ “recruitment” takes the place of rush because
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There is nothing pleasant about this case‚ and I thank you for your attention‚ ladies and gentlemen of the jury. Ms. Milan Jackson did not face any threat from Chris Archer on the night of her death. Ms. Jackson was a troubled young woman who can be confidently determined to have a mental disorder. Dr. Alex Richards claims herself that Ms. Jackson’s eating disorder is a form of “self harm” or “self punishment”. In either instance‚ it is a self induced disorder caused by the perfection seeking qualities
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Profession Responsibilities This paper will discuss the federal law that governs Protected Health Information (PHI) and the elements of compliance that must be met. This paper will also describe two examples of improper privacy disclosure and some challenges a medical office might have maintaining strict confidentiality. The federal law that governs Protected Health Information (PHI) is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 ("Summary of the‚"). HIPAA’s goal is
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procedure and policies against leaking personal health information (PHI) will maintain and promote growth of an organization. Identifying different forms of security breaches and instituting measures to implement and safeguard specific standards‚ policies‚ and procedures against leaking e-PHIs to attackers and hackers‚ will maintain patients’ integrity and promote growth of the organization. To maintain the confidentiality of e-PHIs‚ HIPAA created privacy rule‚ security rule‚ and HITECH. These rules
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themselves as part of the construction industry whereas the other 82 firms regard themselves as part of the mining industry. Question 2: Provide an interpretation of the analysis output for Safety Rating (X9) and Type of Industry (X10). Answer 2: The phi value was 2.25 (greater than one) which indicating a positive relationship between safety rating and the type of industry. The p-value is 0.011 which is less than the level of significance of 5%. The test statistic (Chi-square= 6.04) is higher than
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Privacy Rules 1 Abstract The wisdom of the HIPAA Privacy Rules was to create national standards to protect the privacy of personal health information. This Rule took effect in April‚ 2003 and provides protections to every patient whose information is collected‚ used or disclosed by covered entities. The paper will provide information on HIPAA’s Privacy Rules‚ the effect on medical providers and patients. Also‚ it will give recommendations on how to improve the implementation of this
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投资学： 1. Here are the different between Ordinary shares and Preference Shares. Characteristics of Ordinary shares: a.Ordinary shares are issued with a nominal value，there is no maturity date in Stock‚ b.The value of stock is determined by the demand of secondary market for equities. c.The main source of ordinary shares is the capital. d.The dividends payable are depends on the company profits and policy. e.Ordinary shares can free transfer. f.Have voting rights. g.Has High risk. h.Ordinary
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that receives‚ processes and handles PHI. a) All business associates where held accountable to the same standard. b) Majority of the PHI violations were caused by outside agencies (O&P Almanac‚ 2016) c) The top 10 health care data breaches accounted for more than 111 million records that were lost‚ stolen‚ or inappropriately disclosed (O&P Almanac‚ 2016) 3) How the additional changes made to the HITECH Act and HIPAA increased awareness and compliance of PHI. a) Civil Rights office never implemented
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