HIPAA is a privacy act which protects patient information from getting into the wrong hands. Simply by talkiing about a patients case with name or location mentioned is breaking the act. With this act in place, those who violate the act can faces financial penalties and jail time.
HIPAA will allow the provider to use health-care information for treatment,payment,and operations(TPO).
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No -- HIPAA applies to all healthcare in the US. The one possible exception, MEDICARE, opted to follow HIPAA.
Health care privacy is governed by the Federal gov't. Read about it here http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/index.html
No -- HIPAA does not address prescription forgery. Yes it doesn't adress, Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs. Title II of HIPAA, the Administrative Simplification (AS) provisions, requires the establishment of national standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers, insurance plans, and employers. The AS provisions also address the security and privacy of health data. The standards are meant to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the nation's health care system by encouraging the widespread use of electronic data interchange in the US health care system.
Most of the technoloigcal requirements of HIPAA are discussed under The Security Rule.
I think that there is a relation between the two. because ,imagine your self in a health care which the service on it poor what is your feeling about your health? and imagine the opposite!
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The HIPAA Privacy Rule establishes a foundation of Federal protection for personal ... Determining eligibility or coverage under a plan and adjudicating claims; ... any health care provider (including providers not covered by the Privacy Rule).