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Know The 5 Purposes of HIPAA in Details

 HIPAA ( Health Insurance Probability and Accountability Act ) was established in 1996. In simple words, if you want to have a clear view of the purpose of HIPAA, then the entire system basically works to protect every patients' privacy. In this particular act, there are multiple numbers of rules, steps, notifications, HIPAA breach reporting and what not.  Here in this blog you’ll get to know about the different purposes of the act called HIPAA,       1. The main thing that every patient suffers from is harassment while getting health insurance coverage. HIPAA protects you from those sufferings. Along with this, it is continuously trying to improve the patient’s access to healthcare.        2. Another important thing is that you have zero chance of getting in to any fraud and abuse. Everyday HIPAA reduces the chances and helps patients in all ways.       3. It takes care of the complete healthcare of a patient. Starting from a...