HIPAA
HIPAA initials for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act enacted in 1996. It was established by the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information with the main role of protecting the health information of patients. The chief objective of this act is to protect the health information of the patients while advocating for quality health care. The act also permits proper use of information while safeguarding the privacy of individuals seeking treatment and healing.
Privacy Rules
The Privacy Rule, also Administrative Simplification Rules, relate to health plans and to any healthcare provider who transfers health data inform of electronic gadget. Individuals or groups plans that deliver or pay for the rate of medical attention or treatment are covered entities. Likewise, any healthcare supplier, irrespective of size is a covered entity as long as they transmit their information and data in an electronic way, such as through an email. The communication of information should be in connection with a standard transaction.
Security Rules
This is the summary of basic essentials of the Security Rule involving who is covered the information covered, and the precautions that must be put in place to guarantee appropriate protection of electronic secure health information. While the privacy rule protects the privacy of individuals seeking healthcare, security rule, on the other hand, protects a subset of information covered by the privacy rule, which entails any identifiable health information created, received or transmitted through an electronic form. The information is called “electronic protected health information” (e-PHI).
Standardized transaction code sets
These are rules to regulate the electronic interchange of patient-identifiable, health information. They are in most cases based on the electronic data interchange (EDI) standards, which permits the exchange of information of data electronically from one computer to another deprived of human involvement. The standards apply to different fields be it administrative or financial health care transactions. The HIPAA specified that the healthcare business use certain codes when transmitting healthcare claims by electronic means. The codes were
- International Classification of Diseases
- Current Procedural Terminology
- HCFA Common Procedural Coding System
- Code on Dental Procedural and Nomenclature
- National Drug Codes
HIPAA Inventory Form
Filling of the inventory form forms the basis of the implementing your Risk Analysis for every person asset identifiable tin this step. The data collected here is then exposed to a detailed risk investigation by a class of assets or by a one-by-one method. For data and information asset, be it database, hardware, operating system, among others, it is advisable to gather and document the information in a spreadsheet or an asset inventory system.
Treatment, Payment and Health Care Operations (TPO)
TPO for treatment, payment and operations means that an individual shall be treated and healthcare provided to them. The patient will pay for the service as billings and finally the patient will undergo an operation which involves whatever that has to do with business actions or teachings and exercises of health care specialists. A Chief Compliance Officer may release the private health information (PHI) only with a written authorization.
