The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
HIPAA is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible for implementing
various unrelated provisions of HIPAA, therefore HIPAA may mean different things to
different people. Here's a directory of CMS's business activities with regard to HIPAA.
HIPAA Health Insurance Reform
Title I of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) protects
health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their
jobs. Visit this site to find out about pre-existing conditions and portability of health
insurance coverage.
HIPAA Administrative Simplification
The Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA, Title II)
require the Department of Health and Human Services to establish
national standards for electronic health care transactions and
national identifiers for providers, health plans, and employers. It
also addresses the security and privacy of health data. Adopting these standards will
improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the nation's health care system by encouraging
the widespread use of electronic data interchange in health care.
Last Modified on Thursday, September 16, 2004
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