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| Accountability Act" (HIPAA) was enacted by the | | | | the The Health Insurance Portability and |
| U.S. Congress. The act was instated primarily to | | | | Accountability Act, as there is in most other Acts |
| protect health insurance coverage for workers | | | | that are passed through by Congress. Their is |
| and their respective families when their is a loss | | | | great benefits to be had with complete |
| or change of employment. This is outlined in | | | | cooperation, but it does cost time and money to |
| Details in Title I of HIPAA Act. As in Title II of the | | | | get started. A little bit now, for alot later is easy |
| act, the establishment of national standards for | | | | for us to say, when we aren't the ones who are |
| electronic health care transactions and national | | | | having to shell out the money to pay for the |
| identifiers for the providers, employers and health | | | | upgrades that may be required. Or do we end of |
| insurance plans. Along with that is the addressing | | | | paying with rising health care costs?Feel free to |
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| standards of using electronic data interchange in all | | | | information. |
| health care.There has been in the past, and I'm | | | | |