Healthcare IT Terms

HIPAA
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What is HIPAA?

It is an acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. It is a federal law which requires national standards for the protection of sensitive patient information from being disclosed without the patient’s consent or knowledge.

Habilitation Services
Health Care Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)
Health Claims
Health Data Platform
Health Disparity
Health Equity
Health Informatics
Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Health Information Organization (HIO)
Health Information Service Provider (HISPs)
Health Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP)
Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability (HIFA)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Disaster Recovery Plan
Health Level 7
Health Level Seven International (organisation)
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
Health Savings account
Health Surveys
Healthcare Automation Tools
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)
Healthcare Data Archival
Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)
Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership (HFPP)
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
Healthcare Revenue Cycle
Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC)
High-Risk Pool Plan
HIPAA
History of Present Illness (HPI)
HITECH Act
Home and Community-based Services (HCBS)
Home Health Agencies (HHAs)
Hospital Information System (HIS)
Hospital Management Inventory
Hospital Readmissions
Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP)
Hybrid Health Record (HHR)

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