HIPAA, Medical Records, and Laws
HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, is a federal law that protects sensitive patient health information from being shared without a patient’s consent or knowledge. This was initially created and enacted to help “improve the use and accountability of health insurance coverage” for employees between jobs and those with pre-existing conditions. HIPAA evolved to include privacy and security rules around Protected Health Information (PHI) in personal medical records in 2002. A person’s demographics, health status, where they received care, and how they paid for their care are all examples of PHI that can identify an individual.2
To make HIPAA stronger, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) developed HIPAA’s national standards with a Privacy Rule for all healthcare providers to follow as well as other “covered entities” (e.g., health plans, claims processing centers, billing departments)
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