Question

What is provided in the Health Insurance Portability Act of 1997?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient's consent or knowledge.

Explanation:

There are four main rules of Hipaa

These are privacy of health data, security of health data, notification of health data breaches and the right to get copies of healthcare data. The HIPAA Privacy Rules protects patients' healthcare data from unauthorized access.