Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

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Description

HIPAA, an act that passed to ensure that customers are able to switch between health insurance providers as smoothly as possible without unavailability, total loss, or loss of integrity of their health data, dictates that organizations must have a contingency plan in place in order to conform to the Act. This regulatory requirement is mandatory.

Scope

Applies to the US health delivery and insurance industries