HIPAA Guide
HIPAA to implement strict rules to Safeguard Patient Health Information
United States Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is HIPAA and includes HIPAA I and HIPAA II. HIPAA I deals with health insurance rules related to people who have lost or changed their jobs. The HIPAA II is to develop a standard process that needs to be adhered to by the health providers. HIPAA II [...]
HIPAA – Difference between Security and Privacy Violations
Many health vendors are joining the HITECH bandwagon and are offering their own products and services. All these, products and services, are aimed at protecting against any breaches covered under HIPAA. There has been enough communication within the industry to show that it does not properly distinguish between the two kinds of breaches, i.e., privacy [...]
Filing a HIPAA complaint
HIPAA Safety Rule creates a system for Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) that collects and analyzes data received from medical care providers and checks any medical errors in them. This is done to increase patient safety and quality health care in US. HIPAA safety rule provides patient safety work product (PSWP) to ensure fair usage of [...]
HIPAA: What is it?
HIPAA or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability act was introduced to stop the injustices incurred by medical and health insurance institutions regarding patients’ health records. Before the inception of this Act, the entire medical system in United States of America was unregulated and ill-managed. Thankfully, HIPAA has been able to create many positive changes into [...]
Complete HIPAA Guide
HIPAA is the abbreviation for the health insurance portability and accountability act, which was initially enforced in 1996, but all the rules and regulations, which come under this act, became fully operational only in the year 2003. The main purpose behind the enforcement of HIPAA was that when people will continue to have access to [...]
Medical billing software and HIPAA
HIPAA is the acronym for the health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996. This is the first federal act, which has been passed which has been designed to ensure the protection of the privacy of the personal medical information of the patient. Privacy regulations have been created in order to ensure that the electronic [...]
Need for adherence to HIPAA regulations
Farah Fawcett who is well known all over the world for the famous roles, which she has portrayed on television as well as films, was recently on the news headlines when confidential medical information about her health problems had been leaked to all the tabloids and newspapers. Though many people have made statements about letting [...]
Privacy rules under HIPAA
The privacy rules, which come under HIPAA, are not something, which is completely new for any person. Many people would have gone through the experience of signing the HIPAA form when they went for a visit to the doctor and this form will be stored along with the medical records of the patient. People who [...]
Problems in HIPAA compliance
In 1996, the Congress of the United States of America passed the health insurance portability and accountability act, which is very commonly known as HIPAA. The main purpose behind the enforcement of this law was to provide protection for the health information of every person. At the same time, provisions have been made [...]
Security rules under HIPAA
HIPAA is the acronym for the health insurance portability and accountability act, which was enforced in 1996 by the Congress in the United States. This act was created so that many problems, which are being faced in the field of medical insurance coverage and regarding the privacy of the medical information of each person, can [...]