Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

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United States federal law health insurance regulation health privacy law

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a U.S. federal law that sets national standards for protecting sensitive patient health information and improving the portability and continuity of health insurance coverage.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
HIPAA	4
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996	3
HIPAA Privacy Rule	1
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)	1
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy rule	1
Title I Health Care Access, Portability, and Renewability	1
Title IV Application and Enforcement of Group Health Plan Requirements	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ health insurance regulation ⓘ health privacy law ⓘ
abbreviation	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: HIPAA
administeredBy	United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
aimsTo	combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery ⓘ ensure security of electronic protected health information ⓘ improve portability of health insurance coverage ⓘ promote the use of medical savings accounts ⓘ protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information ⓘ simplify the administration of health insurance ⓘ
allows	disclosure of protected health information for treatment, payment, and health care operations ⓘ disclosure of protected health information without authorization in certain public interest situations ⓘ
appliesTo	business associates ⓘ covered entities ⓘ health care clearinghouses ⓘ health care providers who conduct certain electronic transactions ⓘ health plans ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 26 of the United States Code ⓘ Title 42 of the United States Code ⓘ
containsProvision	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Title I Health Care Access, Portability, and Renewability Title II Preventing Health Care Fraud and Abuse; Administrative Simplification; Medical Liability Reform ⓘ Title III Tax-related Health Provisions ⓘ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Title IV Application and Enforcement of Group Health Plan Requirements Title V Revenue Offsets ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateSigned	1996-08-21 ⓘ
defines	business associate ⓘ covered entity ⓘ protected health information ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ Office for Civil Rights ⓘ surface form: Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services United States Department of Justice ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Justice
grantsRight	right of individuals to access their health information ⓘ right of individuals to receive an accounting of disclosures ⓘ right of individuals to request corrections to their health information ⓘ
implementedBy	HIPAA Breach Notification Rule ⓘ HIPAA Enforcement Rule ⓘ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: HIPAA Privacy Rule HIPAA Security Rule ⓘ
influencedBy	concerns about health data privacy in electronic systems ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
mainSubject	administrative simplification ⓘ health information privacy ⓘ health information security ⓘ health insurance portability ⓘ
penaltyType	civil monetary penalties for violations ⓘ criminal penalties for certain wrongful disclosures ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 104-191 ⓘ
regulates	code sets for health care data ⓘ electronic health care transactions ⓘ protected health information ⓘ unique identifiers for providers, employers, and health plans ⓘ
relatedTo	Affordable Care Act ⓘ HITECH Act ⓘ
requires	administrative, physical, and technical safeguards for electronic protected health information ⓘ business associate agreements ⓘ notice of privacy practices to patients ⓘ safeguards to protect the privacy of health information ⓘ
signedBy	Bill Clinton ⓘ
title	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
yearEnacted	1996 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act → abbreviation → Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: HIPAA

ERISA → amendedBy → Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)

Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 → amendedBy → Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

Public Health Service Act → amendedBy → Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act → containsProvision → Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title I Health Care Access, Portability, and Renewability

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act → containsProvision → Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title IV Application and Enforcement of Group Health Plan Requirements

Office for Civil Rights → enforces → Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ⓘ

subject surface form: Office for Civil Rights (HHS)

this entity surface form: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy rule

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act → implementedBy → Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: HIPAA Privacy Rule

Employee Benefits Security Administration → legalAuthority → Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: HIPAA

Google Cloud → providesCompliance → Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: HIPAA

Azure → supportsComplianceStandard → Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ⓘ

subject surface form: Microsoft Azure

this entity surface form: HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act → title → Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996