What is HIPAA? Who must comply with the new HIPAA standards?

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA got enacted in the year 1996 by U .S Congress . The first title of HIPAA offers protection to the workers as well as the families when they decide to change their jobs or incase they lose jobs . The second title of HIPAA which is also known as Administrative Simplification does require for establishments of the national standards of electronic care transactions , employers , the plans of health insurance and the national

providers . This paper hence gives limelight to what HIPAA is all about and the people who ought to comply with the standards of HIPAA

HIPPA which was enacted in the year 1996 does require the HHS secretary to publicize all the standards for electronic exchange , security of the health information as well as privacy . The new standards are integral and are developed in order to offer protection to the integrity confidentiality as well as the availability of the health information (Department of health Human services , n .d . In the past there were no any standards that offered uniform and comprehensive protection of the health information . The new HIPAA 'S security standards will offer correct access of health information by the health providers , health plans , clearinghouses offering the appropriate safety measures against dissemination and misuse

The Electronic Signature Standard will offer a reliable way to assure there is message integrity , non repudiation and authentication . The covered entities ought to comply with the standards of...