Introduction: HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. HIPAA acts as a frame work in exchange and disclosure of the individual health information. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rule was enacted on August 14 2002 .The rule applies to the health care providers, health care clearinghouses and other medical facilities. The Rule requires appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy of personal health information and sets limits and conditions on the uses and disclosures that may be made of such information without patient authorization.
HIPAA required the secretary of HHS to brief the congress with the recommendations to protect the confidentiality of the health care information. …show more content…
The HIPPA privacy rule also protects the individual health information known as the “protected health information” (PHI) from being disclosed. The PHI relates to all the medical history records of the patient on files, their personal information’s such as name, birth date, social security number, financial account information, phone numbers, e-mails, insurance number, x-rays or images, medical history, and other personal information.
Privacy rule protects the PHI of an individual from being transmitted written, oral, or electronically. HIPAA 's privacy rule generally applies to a deceased person 's health information to the same extent as to a living person 's information. If HIPAA would require a person 's authorization for the release of the person 's protected health information and the person is deceased, the covered entity must generally obtain the authorization of the deceased person 's personal representative before releasing the information (45 C.F.R. § 164.502).
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Under 42 USC $ 132d-5, failure to comply with HIPAA can results in civil and criminal penalties. The privacy rule allow individual to file a complaint, describes the responsibilities of covered entities to provide records and reports, and permit access for investigation.
Civil Money Penalties:
Failure to comply with Privacy rule by the covered entities results into $100 per failure as a penalty. Penalty may not exceed $ 25,000 per year for multiple violations of the privacy rule. When violation is due to some cause and did not involve will full neglect and if the violation is corrected within 30 days, then there is no civil money penalties.
Criminal Penalties: A person who purposely obtains or disclosed PHI, a fine of $ 50,000 and up to one-year imprisonment is imposed. The penalty may increase up to $ 1000,000 and five-year imprisonment if there is wrongful conduct and to $ 250,000 and ten-year imprisonment if intent to sell, transfer, or commercial advantage of PHI, personal gain is involved. The justice department enforces criminal sanctions.
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HIPAA required the secretary of HHS to brief the congress with the recommendations to protect the confidentiality of the health care information. …show more content…
The HIPPA privacy rule also protects the individual health information known as the “protected health information” (PHI) from being disclosed. The PHI relates to all the medical history records of the patient on files, their personal information’s such as name, birth date, social security number, financial account information, phone numbers, e-mails, insurance number, x-rays or images, medical history, and other personal information.
Privacy rule protects the PHI of an individual from being transmitted written, oral, or electronically. HIPAA 's privacy rule generally applies to a deceased person 's health information to the same extent as to a living person 's information. If HIPAA would require a person 's authorization for the release of the person 's protected health information and the person is deceased, the covered entity must generally obtain the authorization of the deceased person 's personal representative before releasing the information (45 C.F.R. § 164.502).
De-Identified Health …show more content…
Under 42 USC $ 132d-5, failure to comply with HIPAA can results in civil and criminal penalties. The privacy rule allow individual to file a complaint, describes the responsibilities of covered entities to provide records and reports, and permit access for investigation.
Civil Money Penalties:
Failure to comply with Privacy rule by the covered entities results into $100 per failure as a penalty. Penalty may not exceed $ 25,000 per year for multiple violations of the privacy rule. When violation is due to some cause and did not involve will full neglect and if the violation is corrected within 30 days, then there is no civil money penalties.
Criminal Penalties: A person who purposely obtains or disclosed PHI, a fine of $ 50,000 and up to one-year imprisonment is imposed. The penalty may increase up to $ 1000,000 and five-year imprisonment if there is wrongful conduct and to $ 250,000 and ten-year imprisonment if intent to sell, transfer, or commercial advantage of PHI, personal gain is involved. The justice department enforces criminal sanctions.
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