HIPAA Rules
Devlyn C, Ryan B, Nick J, Grayson S
What is it?
- Law implemented by the US Department of Health and Human Services
- Can also be known as the Kennedy-Kassebaum Act
- HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- Implemented in 1996
- Allows anyone to get health care
Why is it important?
- Without it, doctors could do inhumane selection and deny care to a person in need because of biase.
- This allows a person without insurance to get care if they were in an unexpected violent situation.
- Allows criminals to get care, instead of letting them sit in jail infected and injured.
- Allows new people to our country, visitors, or immigrants to get care.
- Allows people who are seen as threatening, even they may be innocent, have to get help, because the doctors can't judge a patient on anything.
When was it implemented? What caused that?
- It was implemented in 1996
- It was implemented to help consumers maintain their insurance coverage
- It was also to help keep the privacy of the patients and make sure their information is confidential.
Examples
- If you were in between jobs and didn't get new insurance yet and got a severe illness and had to go to the hospital.
- If a man with little to no insurance was hurt passing by a bad part of his town and his policy didn't cover it, HIPAA would.
- If a celebrity or anyone was hurt and went to the hospital, the media would want o know and try to take pictures but HIPAA says that they can't unless they want to tell.
- If a celebrity anyone was diagnosed with any severe condition such as lethal cancer, and they wanted to keep it a secret, everyone involved in helping them couldn't tell anyone.