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* [http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/pl104191.htm PUBLIC LAW 104-191, AUG. 21, 1996: ''Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996''] | * [http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/pl104191.htm PUBLIC LAW 104-191, AUG. 21, 1996: ''Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996''] - published on the web by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | ||
*[http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HIPAAGenInfo/ Kennedy-Kassebaum Act] | |||
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- PUBLIC LAW 104-191, AUG. 21, 1996: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 - published on the web by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- Kennedy-Kassebaum Act
HIPAA's emphasis is less on insurance and more on protecting the security (confidentiality) and privacy of health-case data by establishing and enforcing standards for the many organizations that handle data of that type[1].
HIPAA's major impact is its Title II, which provides detailed regulations, including penalties, for safeguarding Protected Health Information (PHI)[2].
- ↑ Whitman, M. & Mattord, H. (2005), Principles of Information Security, Second Edition, Thomson Course Technology
- ↑ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The HIPAA Law and Related Information