Introduction to HIPAA (U2L1) Questions
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What does HIPAA stand for? ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
When did HIPPA become a law? ✔✔The act was passed in 1996.
What are the four main purposes of HIPAA? ✔✔Privacy of health information, security of
electronic records, administrative simplification, and insurance portability.
Privacy Rule ✔✔Provides detailed instructions for handling a protecting a patient's personal
health information.
Security Rule ✔✔Provides regulations that make sure that confidential records are kept secure.
Transaction and Code Set Rule ✔✔States that all medical transactions and codes have become
the same nationwide.
