The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Congress passed the HIPAA in 1996 to help make health insurance portable. HIPAA is used to fight health insurance fraud and eliminate waste. It also simplifies how health insurance is administered.
HIPAA was amended in 2009 by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act),7 which was part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. The HITECH Act included the most sweeping changes to HIPAA since the law was first created.
Purpose
HIPAA is best known for its rules that protect the privacy and security of personally identifiable health information. These terms are part of the law’s “Administrative Simplification” requirements. Although ...
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