Health Insurance Portability and Accountabilty Act (HIPAA)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Understanding Health Information Privacy
The
HIPAA Privacy Rule provides federal protections for individually identifiable
health information held by medical providers and insurance plans (including
Medicaid) and gives patients an array of rights with respect to that
information. At the same time, the Privacy Rule is balanced so that it permits
the disclosure of health information needed for patient care and other
important purposes.
The Security Rule specifies a series of
administrative, physical, and technical safeguards for medical providers
and health plans to use to assure the confidentiality, integrity, and
availability of electronic protected health information.
For Members
For providers of services to Medicaid Members