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Understanding Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
By James Hunt
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA has two purposes. The first, portability, allows an employee to keep their current health insurance even if they should happen to leave their current place of employment. This is easily done thanks to plans such as COBRA. The second part, accountability, means that the government can now regulate healthcare providers, health plans, payers, clearinghouses, and anyone else that might coordinate health data, for complete privacy and security. If an employer provides any type of on-site health care, that employer must also comply by HIPAA standards.
It means that if personal information is stored on computer...
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