Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

Syndromic surveillance is a work in progress. There is a need for continued development of standardized signal detection methods and signal response protocols (Henning, 2004). Also, whereas reporting of patient information as part of traditional public health surveillance has been deemed exempt from the confidentiality guidelines in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), how those guidelines may be applicable to syndromic surveillance systems remains unclear (Buehler, 2004). 

In the United States, federal legislation called the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to make patient information more strictly protected than before. Although most pharmaceutical companies have limited access to patient names and other health information, any patient information must be carefully guarded to avoid violation of HIPAA statutes, which address the use and disclosure of individuals medical information by covered entities , and set standards for individuals rights to control the use of their medical information. Violations can result in fines and/ or, in some instances, imprisonment. 

HIPAA is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. HIPAA evolved as a result of the rapid evolution of health information systems technology as well as the challenges for maintaining the confidentiality of health information. HIPAA was introduced initially as the Kennedy-Kassebaum bill, an outgrowth of the Clinton administration s attempt to revamp the health care system. The result in HIPAA was an effort to streamline and standardize the health care system and to establish the privacy of subject information. The result of this effort was the issuance of the final HIPAA rules in August, 2002, which establish the requirements that prevent the disclosure of individually identifiable health information (Privacy Rule) (1) without authorization from the subject. An accidental posting of individuals health records and fraudulent use of medical records precipitated the passage of HIPAA. 

Reduced government subsidies have created the necessity to control costs. In addition, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIP A A) and the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (AC A) regulations have created the urgency for providers to address security and electronic transactions issues, resulting in additional cost of doing business. 

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which set standards for the privacy of individually identifiable health information, was signed into law in 1996 and went into effect in 2003. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was required by Congress to promulgate the privacy stan-... 

In 1996, the DHHS passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to facilitate the sharing of information while protecting patient confidentiality (medical records) subsequently, associated privacy regulations were issued in 2000 (Privacy Rule). Amendments to the Privacy Rule were proposed on March 27, 2002, to address research-related situations, and become effective on April 14, 2003. In essence, the Privacy Rule is the governing law for the use and disclosure of individually identifiable protected health information (PHI) by covered entities, defined as health care providers, health plans, or health clearing houses. HIPAA-compliant consents that include elements specified in federal regulations (45 CFR 164.508) will have to be provided by covered entities that carry out the activities of health care payment, treatment, or operations (PTO). Clinical research-related uses and/or disclosures of PHI beyond PTO will require that a specifically defined authorization be obtained from a research subject. HIPAA-compliant authorizations will have to include the following core elements ... 

Indeed typically the strongest of a patient s concerns is vague and ill formed. As also discussed below, if the privacy of health-related information, such as the Protected Health Information (PHI) defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) enacted by the US Congress in 1996, is compromised, we could be talking about a bankruptcy of a financially healthy institution or a prosecution of senior executives of the institution. The biggest challenge with privacy compliance is limiting the use of personal information to the purposes stated at the time of collection. 

The preamble to the regulations state that only parents of children under six must receive these materials. 73 Fed. Reg. 21692,21702-03 (Apr. 22.2008). The regulations do not address the requirements in hospital and pediatric rehabilitation settings, but the facility administrator cannot share patient names under FIIPAA. the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Pub. L. 104-191 (1996). Presumably the facility administrator can provide the notifications. 

After 1 joined the lEEE-USA Health Care Engineering Policy Committee, I helped found, and ultimately chaired, the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and High Performance Computers and Communications (HPCC) Subcommittees. In the latter role, I was chosen to be an expert witness to Congress on the area of HPCC, and to craft a policy-level position statement. I also became a member of the Department of Health and Human Services Security team of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, which developed the report to Congress on the security of health data and communications. 

The United States Department of Health and Human Services established the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in 1996, which, in part, protects the privacy and security of private health information. Dental care and history is considered private health information and is, therefore, protected by HIPAA regulations. Dental practices must adhere to strict guidelines to maintain patient confidentiality and improve patient safety. 

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