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Under
HIPAA Title II, "PREVENTING HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE;
ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION; MEDICAL LIABILITY REFORM" new
requirements for privacy and security of individually identifiable
patient information are defined.
Health care providers,
insurers, TPA's, medical billing agents, clearinghouses, and employers
are responsible to comply with the requirements of the administrative
simplification and privacy act.
Pending further definition by way of legislation, the Department of
Health and Human Services will be the defining agency for the rules of
privacy. Since
all
organizations that handle patient-identifiable health care
information--regardless of size--need to adopt a set of technical and
organizational policies, practices, and procedures. Early
development of a Security Plan is
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