Portability Information and Courses from MediaLab, Inc.
These are the MediaLab courses that cover Portability and links to relevant pages within the course.
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| What is HIPAA? HIPAA is a federal law passed by Congress in 1996 to help protect the privacy and security of health information.
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| Laws and regulations that govern laboratories Social Security Act:
Medicare and Medicaid laws are in this act.
Medicare rules and regulations come under this act.
Antikickback laws:
Provide criminal penalties for individuals or entities that knowingly and willfully offer, pay, solicit or receive money or favors for referrals of tests or services that will be paid for by the Medicare or Medicaid programs.
False Claims Act:
Provides criminal penalties for knowingly or willingly filing a false claim to a government program.
Self Referral (Stark) laws and regulations:
Identify financial relationships that have the potential to result in directed referral to one or both of the individuals or entities involved.
Prohibit the referral of patients or tests between related entities unless certain conditions are met.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Prohibits health care providers and payers from improper or inappropriate use of a patient's confidential health information
Requires health care providers to insure that a patient's confidential information is kept secure
Provides for standardized electronic formats for all health care transactions
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