Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Healthcare today is one of the most profitable businesses in America any many criminals are trying to take advantage of that and make a quick buck. Healthcare fraud is becoming an immense problem in today’s society. When a health care provider, health suppliers, and private health companies purposely bill Medicare or Medicaid for supplies or services that were not given it is considered healthcare fraud. For example another form of fraud is when a person uses another person’s Medicare/Medicaid…

Teladoc Inc.: Means of Production Teladoc Inc. offers telehealth solutions to health care organizations, physicians, insurers, employers, and governments. The company develops licensable software solutions, telecommunication and video-conferencing. Teladoc also offers a robust virtual health care delivery system that seamlessly connects patients to providers for medical consultations. Teladoc’s virtual health care platform is designed using quality function development and supported by…

Typically the individual seeking PAS has a painful terminal illness and is the one to perform the “last act”. Both the physician and patient are aware and comprehend that the patient intends to use the medication or intervention method to commit suicide. PAS and euthanasia are commonly misperceived as interchangeable entities. Euthanasia is an inclusive term…

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, also known as the HITECH Act was signed into law on February 17, 2009. It was enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as ARRA. This Act was passed to encourage the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology (HHS, par 1) and to add changes to HIPAAs original provisions. The HITECH Act significantly modifies the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, also…

Everyday nursing professionals are faced with ethical, moral, and legal dilemmas that impact patient care. Even greater challenges which involve ethical dilemmas with the availability of genetic testing. Through the years, government and professional agencies have evolved and created laws and practices on behalf of patients. The American Nurses Association has outlined specific professional boundaries and ethical obligations which are outlined in the Nursing Code of Ethics. These obligations…

medical field, the implementation of effective security policies should be the organization 's top priority, for it protects the safety and well-being of both business and patient. The policies formulated must comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), in order to enforce patient confidentiality and avoid any legal issues. In order to protect both physical and cyber security, policies should overview acceptable computer use, email use, password policy, and…

The Process of Selecting and Acquiring an Information System The aim of information systems, as Takvorian (2008) states, is to help in the reduction of medical errors by health care institution in the process of administering medication. In essence, an information system assists the health care organization to realize maximum efficiency in its operations. However, healthcare officials are yet to fully embrace the utilization of information systems supported by IT. The main reasons that have…

Telehealth technology is rapidly evolving with the potential to use video capability to promote health to individuals in rural and underserved populations (Hall & McGraw, 2014). Use of telehealth technology for breastfeeding is an area of promise that could help meet the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), Healthy People.gov (n.d.) objective of 25.5% of infants that are exclusively breastfeeding by six months. The purpose of this paper is to analyze: the impact of…

respect for her wishes by terminating her cancer treatment. If the physicians and health care workers are unsure of the rightness or wrongness of their action, they have the option of contacting an ethics committee. In North America, many hospitals have ethics committees that help to determine the rightness or wrongness of healthcare workers’ actions (Doyal,…

1996 199-2005 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act makes it illegal for medical records to be revealed publicly. Rolland Pattilo names October 11, HeLa Day. 1999 1999: RAND Corporation published report that says 307 million tissue samples from 178 million people are stored in…