HIPAA Privacy regulations

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	HIPAA privacy regulations get some teeth: Be prepared
	Randy Nash, Contributor Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from HIPAA) Jump to: navigation, search The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website, Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs. Title II of HIPAA, known as the Administrative Simplification (AS) provisions, requires the establishment of national standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers, health insurance plans, and employers. The Administration Simplification provisions also address the security and privacy of health data. The standards are meant to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the nation's health care system by encouraging the widespread use of electronic data interchange in the US health care system. Contents [hide] 1 Title I: Health Care Access, Portability, and Renewability 2 Title II: Preventing Health Care Fraud and Abuse; Administrative Simplification; Medical Liability Reform 2.1 The Privacy Rule 2.2 The Transactions and Code Sets Rule 2.3 The Security Rule 2.4 The Unique Identifiers Rule (National Provider Identifier) 2.5 The Enforcement Rule 3 Effect on research and clinical care 3.1 Effects on research 3.2 Effects on clinical care 3.3 Costs of Implementation 4 HIPAA and Federal Confidentiality Requirements for Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Organizations 5 Legislative information 6 See also 7 References 8 External links more Understanding HIPAA Privacy The Privacy Rule provides federal protections for personal health information held by covered entities and gives patients an array of rights with respect to that information. At the same time, the Privacy Rule is balanced so that it permits the disclosure of personal health information needed for patient care and other important purposes. For Consumers more Watch out folks, it's finally happened. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has levied the first penalties against a healthcare agency. Providence Health & Services, based in Seattle, has agreed to a six-figure settlement following HIPAA security and privacy violations related to the loss of 386,000 patients' personal health information. Before mid-July, settlements had previously been resolved by demanding organizations to resolve their privacy and security problems. It's no longer sufficient, however, to tell the auditors, "we'll resolve that problem." Read more about HIPAA's privacy regulations Subscribe to our RSS feed and get our content delivered to you ASAP! SonicWALL launches deal registration SearchITChannel.com SonicWALL Inc. adds enterprise and MSP specialization options for its gold partners. Read more	ADVERTISEMENT Snort Resources When Snort is not enough Justifying Snort How to use shared object rules in Snort

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