104-191

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104-191 is the public law number for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), a major U.S. federal law governing health insurance coverage and the privacy and security of health information.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Congress
United States federal public law
statute
administeredBy U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NERFINISHED
aimsTo combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery
improve portability of health insurance coverage
promote the use of medical savings accounts
simplify administration of health insurance
appliesTo health care clearinghouses
health care providers who transmit health information electronically
health plans
codifiedIn Title 26 of the United States Code NERFINISHED
Title 29 of the United States Code NERFINISHED
Title 42 of the United States Code NERFINISHED
containsProvision HIPAA Enforcement Rule NERFINISHED
HIPAA Privacy Rule NERFINISHED
HIPAA Security Rule NERFINISHED
HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets standards NERFINISHED
HIPAA Unique Identifiers standards
country United States of America
enactedBy United States Congress
enforcedBy Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NERFINISHED
Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NERFINISHED
establishes privacy standards for individually identifiable health information
security standards for electronic protected health information
standards for electronic health care transactions
unique identifiers for providers, employers, and health plans
focusesOn health information privacy
health information security
health insurance coverage
health insurance portability
hasAbbreviation P.L. 104-191 NERFINISHED
hasKeyConcept business associate
covered entity
protected health information
hasPublicLawNumber Public Law 104-191 NERFINISHED
hasShortName HIPAA NERFINISHED
hasTitle Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 NERFINISHED
jurisdiction federal law of the United States
regulates disclosure of protected health information
use of protected health information
relatedTo Affordable Care Act NERFINISHED
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 NERFINISHED
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 NERFINISHED
signedBy Bill Clinton
subjectOf United States health law
health privacy regulation in the United States
yearEnacted 1996

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