HCM340 Lecture Notes - Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act

• School: Southern New Hampshire University
• Department: Healthcare Management
• Course: HCM340

Document Summary

Hipaa is a federal law that requires patient information to not be disclosed without the patient"s consent. Hipaa also allows a patient to decide where and how their information is disclosed. For example in a patient portal, patients have the ability to decide what information they want to disclose and not to be disclosed. According to the website, "www. hhs. gov, "the hipaa privacy and security rules are enforced by the office for civil rights (ocr)". Enforces the hipaa privacy and security rules, (june 7, 2017). The website also says, "one of the ways that ocr carries out this responsibility is to investigate complaints filed with it. Ocr may also conduct compliance reviews to determine if covered entities are in compliance, and ocr performs education and outreach to foster compliance with requirements of the privacy and security. How ocr enforces the hipaa privacy and security rules, (june 7, 2017).