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HIPAA
Overview of Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Primary goal of the law is to make it easier for people to keep health insurance, protect confidentiality/security of healthcare information and help the healthcare industry control administrative costs (with 10-question quiz).
Takeaways
The Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federally mandated privacy provision that prevents mining of patient health data for use in marketing, advertising campaigns
The HIPAA rules establish guidelines for how to use and disclose patient information (past, present, future) to promote products and services
The act has many important terms that need to be understood including, but not limited to, PHI, de-identified, BA, Agency, and TPO