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HIPAA administrative simplification

Understand the HIPAA provisions that ensure safe, efficient and consistent electronic communication across the U.S. health care system.

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Test your HIPAA knowledge: 3 data sharing situations

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) allows data sharing without patient authorization under certain circumstances. These three data sharing situations test your HIPAA knowledge.

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Sharing health data: HIPAA may allow more freedom than you think

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) allows physicians to share protected health information without a patient’s authorization if three requirements are met.

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Court case puts patient privacy in peril

What happens to physician-patient confidentiality when any government agency can obtain a patient’s prescription records without a warrant? A case before a state supreme court threatens to keep these lines of investigation wide open.

Judicial Advocacy
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Court case threatens physician-patient confidentiality

What if patients no longer felt safe sharing personal—yet crucial—information with their physicians? A case to be heard by the Washington Supreme Court threatens the integrity of the patient-physician relationship, potentially raising new obstacles to communication and trust.

Judicial Advocacy
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What “HIPAA-compliant” really means

If your practice were to come under a random audit for monitoring compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), would you pass? Learn what it really means to be in compliance with HIPAA and learn tips from experts.

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Protected patient information at stake in Florida case

Data collected in patient safety systems comes with confidentiality protections that encourage physicians to share patient safety information without fear of liability—but a Florida case could impede efforts to improve patient safety, jeopardizing these protections.

Judicial Advocacy
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Court case places patient-physician relationship in the balance

Two essential elements of medical practice—patient privacy and the patient-physician relationship—are at stake in a case before a federal appeals court that involves a state PDMP and surveillance by the DEA.

Judicial Advocacy
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Health IT questions? These resources have the answers

Get help with your health IT needs using resources from the AMA Store to tackle the meaningful use electronic health record (EHR) program and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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