Medi-Cal: HIPAA: The main objectives of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

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HIPAA: The main objectives of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

What is HIPAA? (2076 bytes)

	The main objectives of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) are to: Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of health care systems through the establishment of national standards and requirements that enable uniform electronic exchange of certain health information Protect a patient’s right to control access to their medical records
All data exchanged will be in the same secure format!
	Providers will use one standard data format for all health care agencies including Medi-Cal, once the HIPAA standards and requirements are fully implemented. Encryption technologies will protect the data from unauthorized and improper uses.
Additional Resources: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Web site Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Web site HIPAA EDI Implementation Guides National Council for Prescription Drug Programs Web site More HIPAA information will be available in future Medi-Cal Updates.

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