HIPAA in the Health Care World

HIPAA in the Health Care World

Type of document           Essay     1 Page  Subject area         Healthcare        Academic Level Undergraduate

Style      APA       references          2

Order description:

Week 8 Discussion – HIPAA in the Health Care World

HIPAA has had a major affect on health care organizations: doctors offices, hospitals, insurance companies, and even us as consumers. From your experiences either as a worker in the healthcare field or as a consumer of health care, discuss the HIPAA regulations that you have been a part of and also any noncompliance to HIPAA that you have witnessed in any healthcare setting. Discuss what works and what doesn’t work.

In addition, show the Benedictine Hallmark of “Community: a call to serve the common good” informs your assessment of the role of HIPAA in public health policy

HIPAA – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/hipaa-compliance)

Health Care Regulation and Accreditation – Who is the Joint Commission? (https://www.jointcommission.org/about_us/about_the_joint_commission_main.aspx)

HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act for Physicians (https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/hipaa-compliance)

Examples of HIPAA violations (http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-hipaa-violations.html)