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* [http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/pl104191.htm PUBLIC LAW 104-191, AUG. 21, 1996: ''Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996''], published on the web by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
* [http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/pl104191.htm PUBLIC LAW 104-191, AUG. 21, 1996: ''Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996''] - published on the web by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
*[http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HIPAAGenInfo/ Kennedy-Kassebaum Act]




Kennedy-Kassebaum Act, <ref name=HIPAAUSC>{{citation
| title = Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
| id = 42 U.S.C. 1301
}}</ref>
<ref name=HIPAAintro>{{citation
| author = Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
| title = HIPAA General Information
| url = http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HIPAAGenInfo/
}}</ref>


  HIPAA's emphasis is less on insurance and more on protecting the security (confidentiality) and privacy of health-case data by establishing and enforcing standards for the many organizations that handle data of that type<ref>{{citation
  HIPAA's emphasis is less on insurance and more on protecting the security (confidentiality) and privacy of health-case data by establishing and enforcing standards for the many organizations that handle data of that type<ref>{{citation

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HIPAA's emphasis is less on insurance and more on protecting the security (confidentiality) and privacy of health-case data by establishing and enforcing standards for the many organizations that handle data of that type[1].

HIPAA's major impact is its Title II, which provides detailed regulations, including penalties, for safeguarding Protected Health Information (PHI)[2].

  1. Whitman, M. & Mattord, H. (2005), Principles of Information Security, Second Edition, Thomson Course Technology
  2. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The HIPAA Law and Related Information