HIPAA Code Of Privacy

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According to the Journal of Medical Practice Management, HIPAA stands for The Health Insurance Portability and Accountable Act of 1996. It was passed in 1996 and it was intended to protect the privacy and the security of a patient’s health information. Every health care facility was expected to follow all of the HIPAA rules. Bilimoria (2009) states, “On December 28, 2000, HHS issued proposed rules for the privacy of health care in America, referred as the HIPAA Privacy Rule.” These new rules help protect more the patient’s health information. After the new privacy rules came into effect, later on in 2003, there were new revisions made to them. Two years later after that, in April 21, 2005 the Security Rules went into effect. HIPAA is so strict

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