In 1996, United States Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) as a way for Americans to continue with health care insurance during a job transition and reduce health care fraud and abuse (California Department of Health Care Services, 2015). Providing health care services at the administrative level, the organization is responsible for protecting the individuals served private information when working with other health care providers and those supporting the individual needs. In this analysis the origins and impact of HIPAA/Private Health Information (PHI) while serving individuals with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities will be discussed, along with Bardach’s eightfold process of HIPPA/PHI and
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Lenders were able to access patients medical records then deny their application for a home mortgage, credit card, and in decision making within human resources (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2006). Individual’s civil rights were being violated without ever seeking permission to view their personal medical history. On March 18, 1996, Bill Archer (R), introduced the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to the House of Representatives. The bill reported by the Committee the following day. On March 28, 1996, the House of Representatives passed with a vote of 267-151. The bill went on to the Senate and passed on April 23, 1996 with a vote of 100-0 with changes sent back to the House. The House approved the Conference Committee changes and passed with a vote of 421-2 on August 1, 1996. The following day, the Senate approved the Conference Committee identical revisions and passed with a vote of 98-0. On August 21, 1996 U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act into law (GovTrack, …show more content…
With Physical Safeguards, the purpose is to protect electronic systems, equipment, and data from threats and intrusions. Lastly, with Technical Safeguards automated processes should be used to protect and control access to data. In doing so, users should have distinctive identifiers to access ePHI, encrypted ePHI during transmission, and logging users out of electronic medical records after a set time period if deemed inactive (The University of Chicago Medical Center,
Lenders were able to access patients medical records then deny their application for a home mortgage, credit card, and in decision making within human resources (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2006). Individual’s civil rights were being violated without ever seeking permission to view their personal medical history. On March 18, 1996, Bill Archer (R), introduced the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to the House of Representatives. The bill reported by the Committee the following day. On March 28, 1996, the House of Representatives passed with a vote of 267-151. The bill went on to the Senate and passed on April 23, 1996 with a vote of 100-0 with changes sent back to the House. The House approved the Conference Committee changes and passed with a vote of 421-2 on August 1, 1996. The following day, the Senate approved the Conference Committee identical revisions and passed with a vote of 98-0. On August 21, 1996 U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act into law (GovTrack, …show more content…
With Physical Safeguards, the purpose is to protect electronic systems, equipment, and data from threats and intrusions. Lastly, with Technical Safeguards automated processes should be used to protect and control access to data. In doing so, users should have distinctive identifiers to access ePHI, encrypted ePHI during transmission, and logging users out of electronic medical records after a set time period if deemed inactive (The University of Chicago Medical Center,