| In 1996 "The Health Insurance Portability and | | | | in the past, and I'm sure there will continue |
| Accountability Act" (HIPAA) was enacted by | | | | to be controversy over the The Health |
| the U.S. Congress. The act was instated | | | | Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, |
| primarily to protect health insurance | | | | as there is in most other Acts that are |
| coverage for workers and their respective | | | | passed through by Congress. Their is great |
| families when their is a loss or change of | | | | benefits to be had with complete cooperation, |
| employment. This is outlined in Details in | | | | but it does cost time and money to get |
| Title I of HIPAA Act. As in Title II of the | | | | started. A little bit now, for alot later is |
| act, the establishment of national standards | | | | easy for us to say, when we aren't the ones |
| for electronic health care transactions and | | | | who are having to shell out the money to pay |
| national identifiers for the providers, | | | | for the upgrades that may be required. Or do |
| employers and health insurance plans. Along | | | | we end of paying with rising health care |
| with that is the addressing the importance on | | | | costs?Feel free to reprint this article as |
| the security and privacy of all health data. | | | | long as you keep the article, this caption |
| These standards are meant to bog the system | | | | and author biography in tact with all |
| down, but rather to improve the efficiency | | | | hyperlinks.Ryan Fyfe is the owner and |
| and effectiveness of the entire national | | | | operator of Hipaa Network compliance Software |
| health care system by 'encouraging' the | | | | - which is the best site on the internet for |
| increased standards of using electronic data | | | | all Hipaa related information. |
| interchange in all health care.There has been | | | | |