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HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996)

What is HIPAA?
The health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191), also known as HIPAA, health care was adopted as an attempt by Congress to reform. The purpose of the Act is to:

Improve portability and continuity of health insurance in the group and individual markets;

• To Combat waste, fraud and abuse in health insurance and health care;

• To promote the use of medical savings accounts;

• To improve access to long-term care and reporting;

• To simplify the administration of health insurance, and

• Other purposes.

Title I of the HIPAA law deals with health care access, portability, and renew the ability with the intention to change the health insurance protection for workers and their families if they lose, or their jobs. Title II of the Act, also known as "Administrative Simplification" deals with preventing health care fraud and abuse.

The "Administrative Simplification" aspect of this law of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) needs to identified standards and requirements for maintenance and transmission of health data, the individual development Patients. These standards are generally as "HIPAA Regulations".

These rules are designed to:

1. Increase The efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system by standardizing the electronic exchange of information for certain administrative and financial transactions,

2. Protecting the security and confidentiality of electronic health card information.

The requirements outlined by the law and the rules in compliance with the DHHS are far-reaching. Health care organizations receive or transmit electronic health card information must comply. This includes plans Health, health care clearinghouses and health care providers submit claims electronically. After any final regulation is adopted, little health insurance have 36 months to comply. Others, including healthcare providers, must comply within 24 months.

What are the HIPAA regulations?

The components of Title II, administrative simplification, the HIPAA law as "rules" (often called "rules" or "standards" are called) and implemented in order to comply with the law. These rules are as follows:

• Electronic Transactions (with standard code sets)

• Claims Attachments

• Unique Identifiers Health

• National Provider Identifier

• National Employer Identifier

• National Health Plan Identifier

• National individual identifier

• Privacy

• Security

• Enforcement

How are rules (Regulations) Made?

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services is proposing the rules. Once approved, usually within the government, the public the opportunity to take opinion on the proposal, and those comments will be analyzed and considered in the development of the final rules. The final Scheme, the force of federal law. Read more about how rules are made.

What part of the DHHS HIPAA is focusing on?

The NC DHHS HIPAA initiative focuses on Title II - the "administrative" part of the law.

What are the Penalties for non-compliance?

It is not fully understood how these penalties are applied. More information is available, when full enforcement regulation will be published. However, the general penalty for failure:

• Each violation: $ 100

• Maximum penalty for all violations of an identical requirement: may not exceed $ 25,000

Mandatory disclosure individually identifiable health information:

• Disclosure offense: $ 50,000, imprisonment of not more than a year, or both

• Offense under false pretenses: $ 100,000, imprisonment of not more than five years, or both

Offense with intent, information Sell: $ 250,000, imprisonment of not more than 10 years, or both

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