Put off and delayed, some might even say ignored due to the healthcare's recent focus on Y2K, HIPAA has now achieved critical status for the industry. Once U.S. policy makers begin introducing final HIPAA regulations, most healthcare organizations will have twenty-four months to comply with rules that will fundamentally affect many of the ways healthcare conducts its business.
HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (August 21), Public Law 104-191, which amends the Internal Revenue Service Code of 1986. Also known as the Kennedy-Kirshenbaum Act. This act includes safeguards improved efficiency in healthcare delivery by standardizing electronic data interchange, and protection of confidentiality and s
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