HIPAA

[ hip-ah ]

noun

1. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996: U.S. government legislation that ensures a person's right to buy health insurance after losing a job, establishes standards for electronic medical records, and protects the privacy of a patient's health information.

Example Sentences

Antiabortion Republicans have also objected to Biden administration rules extending the federal medical privacy law, HIPAA, to cover requests from authorities in antiabortion states for medical information about residents who have sought abortions in states where they’re legal.

From Los Angeles Times

About 2,400 years later, the notion that a patient’s medical information should remain private was codified into federal law as part of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, better known as HIPAA.

From Los Angeles Times

Lawmakers in favor of the initiative have said it simply clarifies parents’ existing rights and does not change or supersede existing laws like HIPAA.

From Seattle Times

The city’s Law Department was resistant to agencies sharing overdose data, she recalled in an interview, sometimes citing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, the federal law that protects patients’ medical information.

From New York Times

It updates the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, to clarify that medical providers cannot provide law enforcement the medical records of someone who chooses to terminate a pregnancy in another state.

From Salon