Health Care

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Public Law 104-91 enacted in 1996, was designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the healthcare system, protect health insurance coverage for workers and their families, and to protect individual personal health information.

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Abstract

Public Law 104-91 enacted in 1996, was designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the healthcare system, protect health insurance coverage for workers and their families, and to protect individual personal health information.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • HIPAA
  • Kassebaum Kennedy Act
  • Kennedy Kassebaum Act
  • PL 104-191
  • PL104-191
  • Public Law 104-191
  • United States Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
  • PL104 191
  • Public Law 104 191

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

add UNITED STATES; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

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History Note

1999

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  1. N03w.219w.521.576w.343w.349w
  2. N03w.706.615w.273w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020408. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020408
  2. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Portability_and_Accountability_Act
  3. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q606563