1. What is HIPAA and how does it affect me as an employee?Essentially, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) refers to a law that seeks to help individuals keep health insurance, safeguard the security and confidentiality of healthcare information, and assist the healthcare industry control unnecessary administrative costs (Herold and Beaver, 2013). Specifically, this law affects employees in the sense that it obliges me to protect or respect patient rights by ensuring that I do not violate the confidentiality or privacy of patient information (Herold and Beaver, 2013).2. What is the Notice of Privacy Practices, who gets Continue reading...