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HIPAA

ALSO CALLED: HIPPA and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
DEFINITION: HIPAA is the United States Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. There are two sections to the Act. HIPAA Title I deals with protecting health insurance coverage for people who lose or change jobs. HIPAA Title II includes an administrative simplification section which deals with  … 
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FISMA, SOX, HIPAA, & PCI: Automate. Simplify. Move-on.
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WEBCAST: Check out this webcast and learn how your company can achieve compliance by implementing automated access control solutions.
Posted: 12 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Fundamentals: Healthcare Solutions and Document Imaging
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Posted: 28 Aug 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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HIPAA DEFINITION (continued): …  the standardization of healthcare-related information systems. In the information technology industries, this section is what most people mean when they refer to HIPAA. HIPAA establishes mandatory regulations that require extensive changes to the way that health providers conduct business.

HIPAA seeks to establish standardized mechanisms for electronic data interchange (EDI), security, and confidentiality of all healthcare-related data. The Act mandates: standardized formats for … 
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