Health Insurance Portability Act

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The paper provides background information on the "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act " (HIPAA) and discusses the objectives and important elements of the Act. The paper highlights the issues associated with the application of HIPAA by radiologists and discusses the efforts of the radiologists in safeguarding patient privacy. The paper concludes by highlighting the importance of radiology and the issue of HIPAA compared to other professions concerned with health care.

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"With regard to the HIPAA Act, there are three elements that incorporate necessities unique to health care organizations such as "standards for the Privacy of Individually Identifiable Information, Standards for Electronic Signature and Code Sets and Standards for Security and Electronic Signature". ("Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): Comprehensive self-study guide", n. d.) The Standards with regard to the 'Privacy of Individually Identifiable Information' are dependent upon the necessities to safeguard the privacy of the health information of every patient in oral, written, electronic and any other additional form. The standards for Security and Electronic Signature are dependent upon the necessities to insulate the integrity of and to regulate the reach to health information. They are chalked to safeguard information from change, destruction loss and accidental or deliberate revelation to unauthorized individuals. The Standards for Electronic Signature and Code Sets are dependent upon the necessities for health care parameters to transmit effectively with one another for such basic activities such as payment, claims processing, and establishing coverage with regard to a health plan and finding out a patient's standard of eligibility for services. The Medical Practices and Businesses with regard to HIPAA regulations are also known as 'covered entities'. They incorporate healthcare plans, healthcare providers, and the demands of clearinghouses."

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