Hipaa Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act The Ultimate Step By Step Guide

Author : Kevin Roebuck
Publisher : Tebbo
ISBN 13 : 9781743048481
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (484 download)

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Download or read book HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: High-impact Strategies - What You Need to Know written by Kevin Roebuck and published by Tebbo. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 (P.L.104-191) [HIPAA] was enacted by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996. It was originally sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Sen. Nancy Kassebaum (R-Kan.). Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs. Title II of HIPAA, known as the Administrative Simplification (AS) provisions, requires the establishment of national standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers, health insurance plans, and employers. The Administration Simplification provisions also address the security and privacy of health data. The standards are meant to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the nation's health care system by encouraging the widespread use of electronic data interchange in the U.S. health care system. This book is your ultimate resource for HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act right away, covering: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Title 21 of the United States Code, 21st Century Cancer Access to Life-Saving Early detection, Research and Treatment (ALERT) Act, Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Animal Drug Availability Act 1996, Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Biologics Control Act, C.L.A.S.S. Act, Child Nutrition Act, Children's Health Act, Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, Clinton health care plan of 1993, Combating Autism Act, Community Health Services and Facilities Act, Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act, Community Mental Health Act, Comprehensive Smoking Education Act, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, Delaney clause, Dickey-Wicker Amendment, Drug Addiction Treatment Act, Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act, Early history of food regulation in the United States, Elixir sulfanilamide, Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, Federal Meat Inspection Act, Fetus Farming Prohibition Act, Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997, Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, Health Center Consolidation Act, Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973, Healthcare Quality Improvement Act, Hematological Cancer Research Investment and Education Act, Hill-Burton Act, Johanna's Law, Kefauver Harris Amendment, Mammography Quality Standards Act, Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999, Mental Health Parity Act, Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, National Health Planning and Resources Development Act, National Health Security Strategy, National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act...and much more This book explains in-depth the real drivers and workings of HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It reduces the risk of your technology, time and resources investment decisions by enabling you to compare your understanding of HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act with the objectivity of experienced professionals.