Answer:
C. Optical scanning, scanner
Explanation:
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 was a bill enacted by the 104th U.S Congress and was signed in 1996 by President Bill Clinton. It is a federal law that protects sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without their knowledge, approval or consent and payment of health care insurance for employees.
For example, an employee or worker can receive health insurance from his or her former employer even after changing job because of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
When an employee has a claim, he or she can submit the paper claim to the appropriate authority such as a physician.
The CMS-1500 paper claim was designed using OCR-red ink to accommodate optical scanning of paper claims, which requires use of a device such as a scanner to convert printed black characters into text. In order to be able to view this text, you need to have an optical character reader (OCR) software.
