Ley de Portabilidad y Responsabilidad del Seguro Médico
¿Qué es HIPAA?
HIPAA is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act that was passed by Congress in 1996. HIPAA does the following:
- Brinda la capacidad de transferir y continuar la cobertura de seguro de salud para millones de trabajadores estadounidenses y sus familias cuando cambian o pierden sus empleos;
- Reduce el fraude y el abuso en la atención médica;
- Exige estándares de toda la industria para la información de atención médica sobre facturación electrónica y otros procesos; y
- Requiere la protección y el manejo confidencial de la información de salud protegida
HIPAA is organized into separate “Titles.” For information on the HIPAA Titles, go to the link below:
Página de información del título de HIPAA.
Portabilidad del seguro de salud
The portion of HIPAA addressing the ability to retain health coverage is actually overseen by the California Department of Insurance and the California Department of Managed Health Care. The links below will take you to useful information about retaining your health insurance.
Departamento de Seguros de California
California Department of Managed Health Care – HIPAA and Conversion Coverage
Protección y Manejo Confidencial de la Información de Salud
The HIPAA Privacy regulations require health care providers and organizations, as well as their business associates, to develop and follow procedures that ensure the confidentiality and security of protected health information (PHI) when it is transferred, received, handled, or shared. This applies to all forms of PHI, including paper, oral, and electronic, etc. Furthermore, only the minimum health information necessary to conduct business is to be used or shared.