HIPAA stands for which act?

• A. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
• B. Health Information Exchange
• C. High Integrity Protocol Act
• D. Health Information Privacy Act

Answer: (A)

HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This is the official federal law enacted in 1996 to improve the portability of health insurance when people change jobs and to establish privacy and security protections for individuals’ health information. The other options describe related ideas (such as data sharing systems or generic privacy phrases) but do not match the Act’s formal name. So the correct expansion is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.