The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 ensures healthcare organizations in the United States will be responsible for the secure electronic transmission of patient information and the secure storage and disposal of that information.
The HIPAA legislation has four primary objectives:
Assure health insurance portability by eliminating job-lock due to pre-existing medical conditions
Reduce healthcare fraud and abuse
Enforce standards for health information
Guarantee security and privacy of health information
12/03/2005: United States Postal Service - Identity theft is America's fastest-growing crime. Last year alone, more than 9.9 million Americans were victims of identity theft, a crime that cost them roughly $5 billion.
