University of Phoenix Material Career Spectrum Scavenger Hunt Part 1 Find, and list, at least 10 different careers from various sectors in the health care industry. Describe the role of each career and explain what makes that profession different from the others. You can include, but are not limited to, factors such as education and experience requirements, services rendered or products offered, licensure, pay, involvement with other health care sectors, and type of work duties. |Career
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) (Codington-Lacerte, 2014). HIPAA is a set of standards that are used across the nation in an attempt to protect personal health information (Summary, n.d.). HIPAA uses the term covered entities to include entities that would not need a release signed such as health care providers, health plans, and healthcare clearninghouses (Summary, n.d.). The basic assumptions with HIPAA is that all personal health information (PHI) is kept to
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delivery of care” (Schmidt, 2005). The focus of this paper is intended to educate the importance of HIPAA in the healthcare system. Background HIPAA is the acronym for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It was originally known as the Kennedy-Kassebaum Bill (HIPAA, 2012). The law was passed in 1996. The main rules of HIPAA are Privacy, Transaction and Code Sets, Security, and Identifiers (HIPAA-Background, 2006). Even though the law was originally passed in 1996, it was revised many times
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Abstract This paper will explore the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and discuss the following questions: What is the purpose of HIPAA? How does the HIPAA law affect health information managers? What are some ethical issues to consider regarding HIPAA? Finally I will provide some examples of how HIPAA has changed the way the practice of health care and health information is managed. Health Information Portability and Accountability Act In 1996, the United
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HIPAA & HIV: Keeping Everyone's Information Confidential Marcia Woods HCR 220 March 4, 2012 Linda Murray, MAOM, MPA HIPAA & HIV: Keeping Everyone's Information Confidential In 1996 the Clinton administration and the congressional office put together a law that forever change the way personal and health information would be protected; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA. Among other things this act ensured that a person’s health would remain private and secure
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HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and it was passed with broad bipartisan congressional support in 1996. At the time the legislation was enacted, most behavioral health and human service providers were focused on three important provisions of HIPAA: The legislation set into law the "portability" of pre-existing condition exemptions between employer group health plans. This feature was designed to broaden the parity of insurance coverage for Americans by preventing
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Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 was enacted with the primary goal of establishing a means of protection for patients’ medical records, while simultaneously allowing for continuity of care between health care providers and health care facilities (United States Department of Health and Human Services, n.d.). Allowing a protected flow of health care communication is necessary in order to provide high quality health care for patients. The HIPAA Privacy Rule creates a national
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240 HIPAA and Information Technology Checkpoint There are many advantages to standardized medical records. To have medical records that is readily available. The advantages of being able to access a persons medical information would help the patient, practice and many organizations gather data about a patient to make sure that the patient is receiving the best care possible. Also, this would allow getting access to a patients account regardless of where the patient is located. HIPAA is an
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HIPAA Privacy – Safe Guarding and Securing Patient Data HIPAA Privacy – Safe Guarding and Securing Patient Data Robert N. Reges DeVry University/ HSM 410 Professor Anthony LaBonte 12 December 2010 Abstract According to section 1.07 of the APA Publication Manual [ (Ame01) ], “An abstract is a brief, comprehensive summary of the contents of the article; it allows readers to survey the contents of an article quickly, and like a title, it enables abstracting and information services
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How HIPAA Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process HCR/220 October 7, 2012 How HIPAA Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process In this paper we will discuss how HIPAA violations affect the medical billing process and why HIV and AIDS information is more sensitive than other types of health conditions. We will also examine the social, legal, and ethical ramifications of improper information disclosure. In 1996 on August 21, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
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