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Topic: hipaa
jackjack15486 Joined Tue 10/28/08 Posts: 5	Mon 03/30/09 06:08 AM Edited by jackjack15486 on Mon 03/30/09 06:08 AM
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website, Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs. Title II of HIPAA, known as the Administrative Simplification (AS) provisions, requires the establishment of national standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers, health insurance plans, and employers. It helps people keep their information private.

SuzinVA Joined Wed 04/25/07 Posts: 28730	Mon 03/30/09 06:09 AM
ummm, ok?

Tone_11 Joined Wed 09/05/07 Posts: 829	Mon 03/30/09 06:12 AM
I guess it's how they protect peoples information with federal standards...been around for quite a while now

Gossipmpm Joined Tue 03/03/09 Posts: 19414	Mon 03/30/09 06:17 AM
This is nothing new

tanyaann Joined Mon 12/03/07 Posts: 32220	Mon 03/30/09 06:27 AM
Thank you for posting that. Some people might not have known the details of HIPPA. Also, HIPPA is one of the forms that you sign at the doctors office, hospital, mental health provider, pharmacy and other health related agencies.

lilith401 Joined Wed 10/31/07 Posts: 19593	Mon 03/30/09 07:31 AM
Oh yes, they give me a copy of that form all the time at the dictor's. Sigh. I've read it dozens and dozens of times.

quiet_2008 Joined Sat 08/30/08 Posts: 11138	Mon 03/30/09 07:33 AM Edited by quiet_2008 on Mon 03/30/09 07:33 AM
sounds like the infamous COBRA plan if you lose your job you can continue to recieve health insurance for a small fortune every month

agbbieannie Joined Thu 02/21/08 Posts: 942	Mon 03/30/09 07:35 AM
also insuraces confidentialty with staff as well................

Phuque2 Joined Thu 11/20/08 Posts: 4927	Mon 03/30/09 07:41 AM
Oh yes, they give me a copy of that form all the time at the dictor's. Sigh. I've read it dozens and dozens of times. Those damn....Dictors. Just playing

lilith401 Joined Wed 10/31/07 Posts: 19593	Mon 03/30/09 07:46 AM
Oh yes, they give me a copy of that form all the time at the dictor's. Sigh. I've read it dozens and dozens of times. Those damn....Dictors. Just playing Doctors.... yes. You got me. At least it's a typo.... the "i" and the "o" are right next to each other. Typos I can handle.

Phuque2 Joined Thu 11/20/08 Posts: 4927	Mon 03/30/09 07:51 AM
Oh yes, they give me a copy of that form all the time at the dictor's. Sigh. I've read it dozens and dozens of times. Those damn....Dictors. Just playing Doctors.... yes. You got me. At least it's a typo.... the "i" and the "o" are right next to each other. Typos I can handle. I can handle typos also, but that just struck my funnybone.

lilith401 Joined Wed 10/31/07 Posts: 19593	Mon 03/30/09 07:53 AM
Yeah... I agree. FYI, my other big time typo is "fristration"....

tanyaann Joined Mon 12/03/07 Posts: 32220	Mon 03/30/09 08:04 AM
Lilith, I thought you 'dictor' was done on purpose!

lilith401 Joined Wed 10/31/07 Posts: 19593	Mon 03/30/09 08:16 AM
Lilith, I thought you 'dictor' was done on purpose! You are way too nice!

tanyaann Joined Mon 12/03/07 Posts: 32220	Mon 03/30/09 08:18 AM
Lilith, I thought you 'dictor' was done on purpose! You are way too nice! Well 'dictors' might be fitting for some doctors!

lilith401 Joined Wed 10/31/07 Posts: 19593	Mon 03/30/09 08:31 AM
Lilith, I thought you 'dictor' was done on purpose! You are way too nice! Well 'dictors' might be fitting for some doctors! Annoying, three inch dictator types, huh?

tanyaann Joined Mon 12/03/07 Posts: 32220	Mon 03/30/09 09:10 AM
Lilith, I thought you 'dictor' was done on purpose! You are way too nice! Well 'dictors' might be fitting for some doctors! Annoying, three inch dictator types, huh? you are naughty!

KennyLingus Joined Tue 11/18/08 Posts: 841	Mon 03/30/09 09:14 AM
Oh yes, they give me a copy of that form all the time at the dictor's. Sigh. I've read it dozens and dozens of times. The dictor? What do you get checked at his office? Don't Panic!

tombraider Joined Wed 09/12/07 Posts: 5042	Mon 03/30/09 09:53 AM
the same thing a doctor does...nothing other than 18 holes of golf while the sheep are filed in one at a time by nurses and have their money sucked out of their ass....

nogames39 Joined Sat 12/27/08 Posts: 2752	Mon 03/30/09 10:51 AM
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website, Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs. Title II of HIPAA, known as the Administrative Simplification (AS) provisions, requires the establishment of national standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers, health insurance plans, and employers. It helps people keep their information private. What a load of governmental baloney. It does nothing good, and everything bad. If you care for reality, of course. This plan i sa wonderful piece of legislation in a fantasy world. All in all, the usual communist paperwork.