HIPAA is the acronym for the Health Insurancy
Portability & Accountability Act. It's goals are to
simplify and reduce paperwork; assure that health
insurance can be carried from employer to employer;
and guarantee privacy of health care records.
Here is a link to the Health & Human Services website
press release for March 3, 2003:
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2002pres/hipaa.html
There are links within the press release which give
more details about the privacy rules and other details
about the act.
Linda Madsen
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