Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
United States federal law concerning health information
The United States' Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act for 1996 (or HIPAA in short; pronounced HIP-uh) is an Act of Congress.[1] This bill was signed into law by the then-President Bill Clinton on August 21, 1996. Its mission was changing or altering the transfer of health care information.[2] It sought to also protect healthcare industries from fraud and theft.
The bill does not restrict or stop patients from getting information on themselves, although with limited exceptions.The patients can voluntarily share health information however they want and choose.
References
change- ↑ "The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act for 1996" (PDF). Armstrong Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ↑ "The HIPAA". National Library of Medicine. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
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