
HIPAA applies to covered entities (specifically, health care providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses) that create, receive, maintain, transmit, or access patients' protected health information (PHI). The scope of HIPAA was extended with the enactment of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009. healthcare laws that establish requirements for the use, disclosure, and safeguarding of individually identifiable health information. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the regulations issued under HIPAA are a set of U.S.


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