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Line 1: − The '''Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act''' of 1996 (HIPAA), also known as the Kassebaum-Kennedy or Kennedy-Kassebaum Act, was passed in 1996 for the stated goal of allowing [[employee]]s to continue with their employer-based health insurance after a change in jobs ("portability") and to reduced alleged health care fraud and waste ("accountability").<ref>[http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=104_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ191.104.pdf Public Law 104-191].</ref>+ − − In fact, HIPAA enacted sweeping changes that enabled [[federal]] regulators to establish standards for the [[Electronic Data Interchange|electronic data interchange]] (EDI) of health information, and to create federal jurisdiction and control over medical record privacy issues. Regulators promulgated these rules under the name of "administrative simplification," even though the rules are extraordinarily complex. − − Though not widely known, only those who engage in electronic transactions (i.e., electronic billing, authorizations, etc.) are subject to HIPAA and federal jurisdiction under HIPAA. − − There are four sets of rules under HIPAA: − − * the privacy rule <ref>[http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacysummary.pdf Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule]</ref>; − − * the transaction standard for computer-to-computer information exchanges; − − * standardized "identifiers" for health providers and health plans;<ref>public outrage put patient identifiers on hold</ref> and − − * information system security rules − − The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has prepared guidance to provide HIPAA covered entities with general information on the risks and possible mitigation strategies for remote use of and access to Electronic Protected Health Information (EPHI). <ref>[http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SecurityStandard/Downloads/SecurityGuidanceforRemoteUseFinal122806.pdf HIPAA Security Guidance]</ref> − − There is a timetable for implementing the above rules.<ref>http://privacy.med.miami.edu/glossary/xd_compliance_calendar.htm</ref> − == References == − {{reflist|2}} − − [[category:law]]
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