Introduction of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Report:

The HIPAA legislation had four primary objectives:

a) Assure health insurance portability by eliminating job-lock due to pre-existing medical conditions.

b) Reduce healthcare fraud and abuse.

c)Enforce standards for health information.

d)Guarantee security and privacy of health information.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was developed in 1996 and became part of the Social Security Act. The primary purpose of the HIPAA rules is to protect health care coverage for individuals who lose or change their jobs.

The most common HIPAA violations that have resulted in financial penalties are the failure to perform an organization-wide risk analysis to identify risks to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected health information (PHI); the failure to enter into a HIPAA-compliant business associate agreement