Title: Practice confidentiality of patient data, including adherence to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations.
Course: Medical Assistant I (14151-I) > Section: Applying Fundamental Principles of Health Care

Practicing adherence should include

- privacy
- release of information
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations, HHS
- Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, HHS
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)
- Fact Sheet on the EEOC's Final Regulations Implementing the ADAAA, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why was HIPAA enacted?
- How has HIPAA affected the healthcare workplace?
- What is Meaningful Use, and how does it apply to the outpatient setting?
- What is the effect of the HITECH ACT?