By Lindy Benton, DrBicuspid.com contributing writer
June 2, 2015 — The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), passed in 1996, was enacted to protect health information, increase oversight of transaction standards for the exchange of health information, and improve standards for security and privacy.
HIPAA defines health information as any data, whether oral or recorded in any form or medium that is created or received by a provider or employer and relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual; the provision of healthcare to an individual; or the past, present or future payment for the provision of healthcare to an individual.
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