HIPAA is a privacy law for health care.

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HIPAA is a privacy law for health care.

HIPAA is about protecting patient health information and governing how that information can be used, shared, and stored by health care providers, health plans, and their business associates. The Privacy Rule sets who can access PHI, under what circumstances, and patients’ rights to access or amend their records and to know who has seen their information. It also requires safeguards for handling information and, with the Security Rule, specific protections for electronic PHI, plus breach notification standards. Because the focus is on privacy and protection of health information within health care, describing HIPAA as a privacy law for health care is correct. It does not regulate taxes, environmental safety, or labor matters.

HIPAA is about protecting patient health information and governing how that information can be used, shared, and stored by health care providers, health plans, and their business associates. The Privacy Rule sets who can access PHI, under what circumstances, and patients’ rights to access or amend their records and to know who has seen their information. It also requires safeguards for handling information and, with the Security Rule, specific protections for electronic PHI, plus breach notification standards. Because the focus is on privacy and protection of health information within health care, describing HIPAA as a privacy law for health care is correct. It does not regulate taxes, environmental safety, or labor matters.

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