The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Terms and Basic Definition

What is The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
HIPAA was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. HIPAA consist of Title I: Health Care Access, Portability, and Renewability and Title II: Preventing Health Care Fraud and Abuse; Administrative Simplification; Medical Liability Reform.

Title I:
Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs.

Title II:
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. The Administration Simplification provisions also address the security and privacy of health data. The standards are meant to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the nation's health care system by encouraging the widespread use of electronic data interchange in the U.S. health care system.