The document summarizes a seminar presentation on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). HIPAA was enacted in 1996 to provide privacy protections for patients' medical information and requires health providers to keep patient data secure. It consists of standards for electronic health data transactions, security of data systems, and privacy protections. HIPAA also establishes patients' rights to privacy, access to their health information, and confidential use of their data for treatment and billing.

1. A
SEMINAR ON
Topic: Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Presented By:
Hariom Jaiswal
M. Pharm (Pharmaceutics)
1st Year / 1st Sem
(2021-22)
INSTTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF MANAGEMENT
GIDA, GORAKHAPUR, U.P

2. CONTENTS:
 INTRODUCTION
 HIPAA CONSIST OF
 HIPAA IS created.?
 Rules of HIPAA
 Terminology of HIPAA
 HIPAA Patients Right

3. INTRODUCTION OF HIPAA:
HIPPA is the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act enacted in 1996.
It is a Privacy rule which provides security provisions
and data privacy, in order to keep patient’s medical
information safe.
Health providers and health plans are legally required
to follow this act, which includes protecting the
privacy of health records and information contained
in a patient’s file.

4. HIPAA CONSIST OF:
 Standardized Electronic Data Interchange transactions
and codes for all covered entities.
 Standards for security of data systems.
 Privacy protections for individual health information.
 Standard national identifiers for health care.

5. HIPAA IS created.?
 In 2000, many patients that were newly diagnosed with
depression received free samples of antidepressant
medications in their mail.
 This left patients wondering how the pharmaceutical
companies were notified of their disease.
 After a long and thorough investigation, the Physician, the
Pharmaceutical company and a well-known pharmacy
chain were all indicted on breach of confidentiality
charges . This is one of the many reasons the Federal
Government needed to step in and create guidelines to
protect patient privacy.

6. Rules of HIPAA:
There are some following rule of HIPAA
1.HIPAA Privacy Rule:
 HIPAA Privacy is securing, protecting and maintaining
the confidentiality of the patients data.
 The all documents should be created, received, or
maintained by a health care provider or health plan AND.
 It should be in Written, Spoken, or Electronic.

7. 2.HIPAA Security Rule:
HIPAA Security is the methods, tools, strategy and
process that is used to ensure the privacy.
Covers safeguard requirements.
Requires organization to secure all Electronic
Protected Health Information (EPHI)
HIPAA security is promise the protecting people,
their Assets and Reputation.
It‘s provide Confidentiality, integrity and availability
to authorized users for access to information and
associated assets when required.

8. 3.Transaction Rule:
 Transactions and code set rules permit information
exchange from computer to computer without any human
intervention.
4.Breach Notifications Rule:
 HIPAA's Breach Notification Rule requires covered
entities to notify patients when their unsecured protected
heath information (PHI) is impermissibly used or
disclosed or breached.

9. Terminology of HIPAA:
 Protected Health Information [PHI].
 Covered Entities [CE].
 Treatment, Payment and Health Care Operations [TPO].
 Notice of Privacy Practice [NPP].
 Right to have their name withheld from our patient
directories.
 Right to request that individuals are not told of their
presence in our facilities

10. HIPAA Patients Right:
HIPAA guarantees several rights to patients:
 Right to privacy.
 Right to confidential use of their health information for
their treatment, billing process, and other health care
operations (such as quality improvement)
 Right to access and amend their health information upon
request
 Right to provide specific authorization for use of their
health information other than for treatment, billing and
other health care operations.