HIPAA THE IMPACT ON HEALTHCARE

             Many different things have impacted the medical community in recent
             years including technological changes that have facilitated greater
             communications and medical discoveries. From a legislative perspective,
             the enactment of HIPPA rules and regulations by far is one of the most
             impactful. According to the American Medical Association (AMA), HIPPA
             "brings the most sweeping changes to healthcare since the creation of
             Before discussing the changes it is first critical to analyze what
             exactly HIPPA is. HIPPA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and
             Accountability Act of 1996, also known as Public Law 104-191 (HIPPA Group,
             2002). HIPPA has accomplished the following related to healthcare:
             â–ª Ensures access to health insurance, and also guarantees portability
             â–ª Provides continuity of healthcare insurance coverage and prevents
             and strictly prohibits discrimination
             â–ª Works to protect confidential health information and medical records
             â–ª Enables patients to have more control over their records
             â–ª Self employed persons are allowed health insurance tax deductions
             â–ª Provides for better healthcare efficiencies
             HIPPA has affected the healthcare industry in a variety of ways. One
             manner in which it has impacted health providers is in the way they conduct
             business electronically. E based business and services are becoming
             increasingly popular in part due to the internet. Healthcare organizations
             can now share information about patients, store records and share insight
             related to patient conditions via electronic communications. As anyone
             knows however, due to security issues and ease of hacker access on the
             internet, it has become increasingly important that healthcare transactions
             be monitored from a safety and privacy perspective.
             HIPPA legisl...

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