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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - Wikipedia HIPAA was intended to make health care in the United States more efficient by standardizing health care transactions To this end, HIPAA added a new Part C titled "Administrative Simplification" to Title XI of the Social Security Act, requiring all health plans to engage in health care transactions in a standardized way
What is HIPAA? - HIPAA Journal HIPAA is an acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act – an Act passed to reform the health insurance industry
Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule - HHS. gov HIPAA required the Secretary to issue privacy regulations governing individually identifiable health information, if Congress did not enact privacy legislation within three years of the passage of HIPAA
Health Information Privacy Law and Policy | HealthIT. gov But HIPAA leaves in effect other laws that are more privacy-protective Under this legal framework, health care providers and other implementers must continue to follow other applicable federal and state laws that require obtaining patients’ consent before disclosing their health information
HIPAA Explained - Updated for 2025 Our HIPAA explained article provides information about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Administrative Simplification Regulations – which include the HIPAA Privacy Rule, HIPAA Security Rule, and Breach Notification Rule