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| - | ====== Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ====== | + | ====== Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance ====== |
| [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.l_regulations:start| Return to Governance and Regulation]] | [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.l_regulations:start| Return to Governance and Regulation]] | ||
| - | [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:h:hippa]] | + | [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:h:hippa]] is United States legislation providing data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information that is collected and controlled by Health Plans, Health Care Providers and Health Care Clearinghouses. The law ganed in importance in recent years beause cyber attacks have allowed the medical records data secuirty perimeters to be breached. |
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| + | The federal law was signed by President Bill Clinton on Aug. 21, 1996. HIPAA overrides state laws regarding the safety of medical information, unless the state law is considered more stringent than HIPAA. [[https://searchhealthit.techtarget.com/definition/HIPAA]] | ||
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| ===== Who Must Follow These Laws? ===== | ===== Who Must Follow These Laws? ===== | ||
| + | [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.l_regulations:hippa | Return to Top]] | ||
| We call the entities that must follow the HIPAA regulations "covered entities." | We call the entities that must follow the HIPAA regulations "covered entities." | ||
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| ===== Who Is Not Required to Follow These Laws? ===== | ===== Who Is Not Required to Follow These Laws? ===== | ||
| + | [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.l_regulations:hippa | Return to Top]] | ||
| Many organizations that have health information about you do not have to follow these laws. | Many organizations that have health information about you do not have to follow these laws. | ||
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| ===== What Information Is Protected? ===== | ===== What Information Is Protected? ===== | ||
| + | [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.l_regulations:hippa | Return to Top]] | ||
| * Information your doctors, nurses, and other health care providers put in your medical record | * Information your doctors, nurses, and other health care providers put in your medical record | ||
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| ===== How This Information Is Protected? ===== | ===== How This Information Is Protected? ===== | ||
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| * Covered entities must put in place safeguards to protect your health information and ensure they do not use or disclose your health information improperly. | * Covered entities must put in place safeguards to protect your health information and ensure they do not use or disclose your health information improperly. | ||
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| ===== What Rights Does the Privacy Rule Give Me over My Health Information? ===== | ===== What Rights Does the Privacy Rule Give Me over My Health Information? ===== | ||
| + | [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.l_regulations:hippa | Return to Top]] | ||
| Health insurers and providers who are covered entities must comply with your right to: | Health insurers and providers who are covered entities must comply with your right to: | ||
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| ===== Who Can Look at and Receive Your Health Information? ===== | ===== Who Can Look at and Receive Your Health Information? ===== | ||
| + | [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.l_regulations:hippa | Return to Top]] | ||
| The Privacy Rule sets rules and limits on who can look at and receive your health information | The Privacy Rule sets rules and limits on who can look at and receive your health information | ||
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