The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the Standards for Privacy of.
Individually Identifiable Health Information under the Health Insurance Portability and.
Accountability Act of 1996 ( HIPAA) to provide the first comprehensive Federal protection for.
the privacy of personal health information. .
Congress recognized that standardizing the electronic means of paying and collecting.
claims data increased the potential for abuse of people's medical information. So a key part of the.
act also increased and standardized confidentiality and security of health data. HIPAA privacy.
regulations require that access to patient information be limited to only those authorized, and that.
only the information necessary for a task be available to them. And finally that personal health.
information must be protected and kept confidential.
Congress did not get around to finalizing the actual regulations on the time schedule set.
up. Instead they passed that responsibility to the Department of Health and Human Services. The.
final version of the HIPAA Privacy regulations were issued in December 2000, and went into.
effect on April 14, 2001. So HIPAA has been a law since then. .
Prior to HIPAA, there was no uniformity, rules and regulations varied from state to state,.
and even from one healthcare organization to another. HIPAA provides a uniform, basic level of.
security and privacy throughout the country. The reason that HIPAA is so important is that.
privacy is a fundamental right. A right to privacy in personal information has historically found.
expression in American law. All fifty states today recognize the right to privacy. Individuals" right.
to privacy in information about themselves is not absolute. It does not prevent reporting of public.
health information on communicable diseases or stop law enforcement from getting information.
But many people believe that individuals should have some right to control personal and sensitive.
Compliance Program Purpose Holbrook Clinic's Compliance Program is intended to provide reasonable assurance as well as: - Complies with applicable federal, state and local laws; - Satisfies compliance of privacy per HIPPA laws, rules and regulations...
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