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HIPAA: Acronym that stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, 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. Developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, these new standards provide patients with access to their medical records and more control over how their personal health information is used and disclosed. They represent a uniform, federal floor of privacy protections for consumers across the country. State laws providing additional protections to consumers are not affected by this new rule. HIPAA took effect on April 14, 2003.
Health Information Privacy . The Office for Civil Rights enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information; the ...
Extensive documentation to assist with HIPAA law, HITECH Act requirements, and security and privacy compliance.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America
Responsible for implementing various unrelated provisions of HIPAA. Includes a directory of CMS's business activities with regard to HIPAA.
HIPAA Privacy Rule and Public Health Guidance from CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services* The material in this report originated in the Epidemiology ...