HIPPA – HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPPA) is a federal law requiring all healthcare organizations to safeguard sensitive patient health data from being disclosed without the patient’s knowledge or consent.
The test gives an organization a vivid view of its applications’ threats, enabling it to protect its systems and data from malicious attacks.
WHO CAN GET HIPPA – HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY?
The compliance covers entities like healthcare providers, healthcare clearinghouses, and health plans conducting transactions electronically and generating, storing, transmitting, and handling PHI (Protected Health Information).
BENEFITS OF HIPPA – HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Protects the privacy of health information.
Gives patients more control over their health information.
Sets limits on the use and release of health records.
Establishes appropriate safeguards that health care providers must achieve to safeguard the privacy of health information.
