Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
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This class will present the HIPAA law, including the privacy and security rules, and the exemption for Workers' Compensation. Also presented is the final rule for the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, also called The Common Rule, which went into effect in January 2019.
New to 2024 HIPAA are two changes dealing with telemedicine, as well as a change to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to strengthen reproductive health care privacy. Home offices are very popular, and they also must be HIPAA compliant. There is an update regarding the privacy rule to strengthen reproductive health care privacy that was to go into effect in 2025.