Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a law that has been in place since 1996 and protects US citizens from problems that may occur related to health insurance coverage, in the event of entitlement, transfer of coverage, beneficiary unemployment. , standards for protecting confidential information, among other factors. Under this law, individuals who work with medical diagnostic coding, such as Rita, and those who work with medical record review are considered a covered entity.
