National Provider Identifier

Firstly, the history of HIPPA is the most important. HIPPA is short for The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act which is originally known as the Kennedy-Kassebaum Bill, a set of regulations that became a law in 1996. Its purpose is to help people carry their health insurance from one business to the next, as well as restructure the movement of medical records from one health care institution to another. According to Skloot she states “Today, no scientist would dream of…

In the United States national security is top priority rather than privacy just a few days ago CNN reported that “White House asks Silicon Valley to Silence ISIS Online”. As you can see any average citizen would see this as an invasion of privacy and yes they are right because now Apple and Google will be overhearing our conversations instead of the National Security Agency. As, you may have read in the newspaper or heard in the news that the National Security Agency can’t not tap phones without…

Bigger Than I Really Am It was a normal summer afternoon when my mom called me into her bedroom. I had no ideas what to do for my 15th birthday on July 16th. I figured I would just see a movie, just like everyone normally does. I recently picked up an interest in Marvel movies and characters and my mom had actually taken notice. “Why don’t you go to this Wizard World thing? That Stan Lee guy you talk about is going to be there, and some Walking Dead characters.” Stan Lee is one of the original…

Purpose: to get people interested in the desert, to inform readers about the dangers of the desert –educational appeal, to make people laugh. You should come and visit the desert but take care of it. Invites you as a recruit to come and protect what’s left of American wilderness. Pg. 17 “Nevertheless all is not lost; much remains, and I welcome the prospect of an army of lug-soled hiker’s boots on the desert trails.” Intended Audience: People new to the desert – first-timers or those who…

Williams, the best hitter in the history of baseball, was wildly popular at the time. Williams had won two of the last four Most Valuable Player awards in the MLB and was fresh of his 1949 MVP campaign (Montville p. 148). He also was placed in high regards after serving as a pilot in the Marines during World War II. However, once Williams returned from World War II, he was placed on inactive reserves. Williams and the public had largely forgotten about his status as an inactive reserve until…

the world. As an effort to unite the world as a whole, countries share economical, geographical, cultural, political, and social borders. However, this attempt of uniting the world also creates a major global issue over national security around the globe. To maintain the national security, countries have to take a local and global measure. A local measure would be amongst the country itself to protect themselves; however, for a global effort, countries must create alliances with other countries…

make it to the big stage. The world is divided into 6 different groups, AFC, OFC, CONMEBOL, CAF, UEFA, and CONCACAF. Top teams from each group are given the opportunity to play for the prestige World Cup trophy. In baseball there is the American and National league, with 30 teams all together. Last World Series there were about 14.7 million viewers which isn’t the most televised in baseball game in history. Baseball didn’t even make the top 8 most watch watched sporting event. During the 2014…

Background Information Crowdsourcing information security uses the reach of crowdsourcing to tackle problems involving information security and cyber security. To effectively crowdsource a task, especially in information security, three criteria must be met: • First, the crowdsourcing task must be solvable by a large group. • Second, the requester must have access to a large group of people that work either collaboratively or independently toward a solution. • Third, the requester needs to…

The Reign of terror was a significant event during the French Revolution where violence and conflict were familiarised by the citizens due to their protests to live in an anti-revolutionary country. In other words, for their voices to be heard and their values to be acknowledged without the King’s authority with the acts of protest, attacks and invasions. This event was one of the factors that also contributed to France shifting to a democratic system. It allowed an individual to take full…

point where the game is no longer interesting. The argument about this is that there are more pitchers that do not know how to hit which creates imbalances in the fairness of the game. The imbalances would be when an American league team plays at a National leagues stadium which would mean that the American league teams pitcher would have to hit. But these pitchers do not hit on a regular basis so they are more prone to have an accident and get…