What is HIPPA? Part 2
HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It was enacted by Congress and signed in to law in 1996. Title II of HIPAA requires the creation of guidelines for the exchange of electronic health records (EHR) and consists of several rules including the Privacy Rule and the Security Rule.
The HIPAA Security Rule establishes national standards to protect individuals’ electronic personal health information that is created, received, used, or maintained by a covered entity. The Security Rule requires appropriate administrative, physical and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and security of electronic protected health information.
Rehab Home Health utilizes the state-of-the-art home health software suite Kinnser Agency Manager. All EHR’s are stored and backed up on remote servers in secure off-site data centers.
