HIPAA is federal law
The acronym represents the “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996”
The purpose of HIPAA includes the following:
- Privacy and security of Protected Health Information (PHI)
- Standardization of healthcare data
- Simplification of healthcare operations
- Insurance portability to ensure coverage in the event of any job changes
- Preventing discrimination against applicant or businesses
- Required reporting of breaches of PHI
- Preventing Fraud