Bill Is Violating Two Laws : Hipaa ( Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act ) And Contract Law

HIPAA, what is it? It is privacy, control, and peace of mind. You have the right for your medical information to be kept confidential. You have the right to decide whether or not family members are privy to your medical information. If you are changing jobs, why worry about health insurance coverage. Picture this. A woman called a local hospital and inquired about the condition of a patient. She was informed by the nurse that the patient was on a ventilator and could not talk. Even though interaction seems perfectly harmless, it was actually a clear violation of the privacy of the patient. A prescription for a local analgesic was presented to the pharmacist for a patient with a name similar to a patient already on file. The prescription was filled for the current patient who was actually the father, and not the patient. The pharmacist assumed that the patient was the father and shared with the patient that there was another medication that he had filled for you and asked, “Would you also like to pick up that medication also”? The father was not present and therefore could not object to the sharing of this information with the son. In the past, if you had a preexisting disease such as chronic fatigue or pregnancy, you could be denied health care coverage. Because Congress stepped in to assist and fix the healthcare system, denial of insurance because of a preexisting disease is not accepted. In view of this significant law, this paper will

Many other problems popped up the healthcare facilities where this individual previously work could be huge trouble because of the poor judgment of this individual. This problems could be results in lawsuits on top of lawsuits for this organization. Years can passed before all the lawsuits settle as a result a huge amount funds would gone to the patients and the lawyers. Because of the poor judgment, it can result in a great cause for the organization, it would be in violation of HIPAA policy and it can be shut permanently or charge of very high finders because of this problem. Also, if the facility doesn’t get shut down, many of the patients can remove themselves from this healthcare facility because of the fear

List relevant regulations for information security in an industry segment of your choice. Some of the industry segments include healthcare, finance, energy, government, or education.

There’s no mercy in the hands of HIPAA. HIPAA laws affect everyone involved in medicine, from doctors to business associates. Depending on who violates HIPAA and how they do it, the penalties vary. Nonetheless, they are quite severe. Under HIPAA Law Section 1177 it is stated, “Wrongful Disclosure of Individually Identifiable Health Information,

HIV and AIDS are two very serious diseases which first came known and reported in the U.S. in 1981. Today it is estimated that 1.7 million people in the U.S. have been infected with HIV since that date 619,000 people have already died from it. The CDC, (Center For Disease Control) estimates that every one in five people living with HIV, are unaware that they even have it. With a serious medical condition such as this, it is good that the HIPAA privacy act exists because the privacy of every patient’s medical information, including any information about AIDS and HIV, will be protected and is to

Today, healthcare professionals diligently work to follow patient confidentiality and HIPAA standards. In chapter 10 in the section titled “What are the obligations to patient under HIPAA” was intriguing. All healthcare professionals have a moral and legal responsibility to the patient under The Health Insurance Portability Act (HIPPA) of 1996, when HIPPA was enacted by congress and signed by Present Bill Clinton in 1996 as a law. Most in healthcare were skeptical on how this law would impact the system. Also, people questioned if HIPAA would actually make any improvement in privacy protection for the patient. The HIPAA Privacy Rule has helped to create a culture of compliance within today’s healthcare. Initially, healthcare professionals

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was When it comes to protecting health information the law is very clear. Covered entities are required to follow the rules put in place by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA. To protect the privacy and security of patient information, healthcare organization must first address the potential threats and implement policies to keep patient information from being released to unauthorized individuals. HIPAA has set forth guidelines for covered entities to implement to protect health information. When these rules are not implemented and violations occur, healthcare organizations are penalized. These penalties can range from fines to criminal

The regulation I choose to discuss is the Health Insurance and Accountability Act also known as HIPAA. The reason I choose this regulation due to being a licensed Health and Medicare agent this is something I have to comply with each and every day in order to protect my licenses and my clients. This was established on August 21, 1996 and what this regulation does is protect confidential information pertain to health information. This healthcare regulation protects patients, pharmacies, covered entities and healthcare business associates. This act protects the patients by making sure there information is protected by the federal law and it should only be disclosed if the patients give you the proper authorization or consent to disclose this

Despite the responsibility of healthcare being a power of the states, the national government created a market for privately owned businesses to provide insurance under an umbrella known as “Obamacare”. Obamacare was primarily comprised of the Affordable Care Act, or AFA. The Affordable Care Act, created by the Obama Administration, was passed in March 2010 under the premise that healthcare should be more available to American citizens. These target citizens being the over 50 million who were uninsured for various reasons before the passing of this legislation. They were able to do this by expanding the affordability through various regulations, taxes, subsidies, and other

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) has many key components in the operations of daily clinical and administrative services. In a physician's practice they must maintain physical security of all health care information. For example, patient files are no longer able to be sitting out unless they are in a closed and locked area and sign in sheets should only ask for minimal information. Accessibility to individual identifiable health information is restricted and should be used on a "need to know basis". Billing employees should not have access to the clinical notes and they do not need to know a patient's financial information. An employee may disclose only the "minimum information necessary". These regulations require

The Health Insurance Profitability and Accountability Act approved in the year 1996. HIPAA covers health coverage for the employees and their families. This law mainly focuses on the privacy of the customers. It focuses on the person data not to be disclosed to each other. If any insurance company provides insurance to the customer the data need to be updated to HIPAA. The information includes the health records of the person, doctor’s information and all the medical history. The main aim of the HIPAA is to secure the privacy of the patient. It also provides the portability and renewability of the health insurance. Violating the HIPAA leads to the enforcement actions from settlements to fines.

Healthcare legislation in the United States has been a hot topic for many years now, and the introduction of the so-called "healthcare law has" only invigorated that. While it is important for a healthcare professional to understand the impact of the larger healthcare law, it is also important to know how other bills before Congress impact patients and the economy as a whole. One such bill under consideration by the United States Senate is S.27 designated that "Preserve Access to Affordable Generics" Act (this was previously designated S.369 (Policy and Medicine, 2011)). The goal of this paper is to examine this bill as to economic impact, equity, administrative resources, and the role of the nurse.

Coding violations is one of common ways that health care providers can defraud the Government. Health care provider must enter a numerical “Procedure Code” CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) code or HCPCS (Health Care Common Procedure Coding System) code that matches the specific type of care provided to the patient in order to bill either a government health care program such as Medicare, or Medicaid or private insurance company such as Blue Cross Blue Shield or a for payment.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted for the purpose of protecting the privacy of a client 's personal and health information.¹ Under HIPAA, protected health information (PHI) includes but is not limited to the following: a person 's name, address, date of birth, age, phone and fax numbers, e-mail address, medical records, diagnosis, x-rays, photos, prescriptions, lab work, or test results.¹ In this particular case scenario, a healthcare employee not only breached HIPAA in regards to publically releasing a patient’s PHI without the consent of the patient, but they also betrayed their patient’s trust. Regardless of any personal relationship a physical therapist would have with another healthcare professional, steps must be taken to assure that this breach in patient confidentiality is rectified and that a similar mistake is not made again.

The Health-Care Bill has finally passed through Congress and the Senate. All Americans should now be able to afford health care. After several revisions, the bill has passed. Some parts of the bill will not take effect until 2014. One of those examples is to make it mandatory for everyone to purchase some type of health care insurance.We do not believe this Health-Care bill will have detrimental effects on our current health-care program. Once new competitive insurance markets open for business in 2014, individuals buying coverage comparable to what they have today will pay 14-20 percent less. This will be a plus for us. My husband and I have good insurance at the present time, which is an incentive for workers to remain with his former