HIPAA
Eighteen years ago the healthcare system, had a revolutionary change introducing the Health Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, this law had a significant impact in both the patient and the health care provider. The HIPAA Privacy Rule, finally came effective in 1996, followed by the HIPAA Security Rule in 2003, changing the history in the practice of medicine and health insurance administration. Later, the HIPAA Enforcement Rule and the Breach Notification Rule was followed as well.
People were skeptical and wondered whether the new HIPAA would really make a impact, and if any impact would be for the better or the worse. Many questions arise with the new HIPAA Law Regulations For Example: What it meant protecting the confidentiality of protected health information mean? How HIPAA will be enforced? Would it be possible to provide efficient healthcare and comply with all new HIPAA regulations
The primary goal of the law is to make it easier for people to keep health insurance, protect the confidentiality and security of healthcare information and help the healthcare industry to keep control of administrative costs. HIPAA is divided into different titles or sections that discourse a unique feature of health insurance reform. Two main sections are Title I dealing with Portability and Title II that focuses on Administrative …show more content…
This implemented method are meant to ensure the privacy and security of the patient health data. The electronic transmissions of administrative and financial information will reduce the number of forms and methods used in the past in the claims processing, as well as any fraudulent and nonproductive effort that goes into processing
Eighteen years ago the healthcare system, had a revolutionary change introducing the Health Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, this law had a significant impact in both the patient and the health care provider. The HIPAA Privacy Rule, finally came effective in 1996, followed by the HIPAA Security Rule in 2003, changing the history in the practice of medicine and health insurance administration. Later, the HIPAA Enforcement Rule and the Breach Notification Rule was followed as well.
People were skeptical and wondered whether the new HIPAA would really make a impact, and if any impact would be for the better or the worse. Many questions arise with the new HIPAA Law Regulations For Example: What it meant protecting the confidentiality of protected health information mean? How HIPAA will be enforced? Would it be possible to provide efficient healthcare and comply with all new HIPAA regulations
The primary goal of the law is to make it easier for people to keep health insurance, protect the confidentiality and security of healthcare information and help the healthcare industry to keep control of administrative costs. HIPAA is divided into different titles or sections that discourse a unique feature of health insurance reform. Two main sections are Title I dealing with Portability and Title II that focuses on Administrative …show more content…
This implemented method are meant to ensure the privacy and security of the patient health data. The electronic transmissions of administrative and financial information will reduce the number of forms and methods used in the past in the claims processing, as well as any fraudulent and nonproductive effort that goes into processing