HIPAA Compliance

Abstract

HIPAA is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. HIPAA is arguably the single most significant Federal legislation affecting the health care industry since the creation of the Medicare and Medicaid programs in 1965. Under title II of HIPAA, Congress passed the Administrative Simplification provisions of HIPAA, among other things, to protect the privacy and security of protected health information (PHI), and promote efficiency in the health care industry through the use of standardized electronic transactions.