This book covers fundamentals, privacy, security, and common myths surrounding HIPAA. It also shows you where and how HIPAA affects health care and insurance through modifications to other related laws.

Revised edition of: HIPAA for health care professionals / Dan Krager, Carole Krager. 2008.

Introduction to HIPAA -- Privacy issues explained -- Transactions and code sets -- Security rule explained -- Unique health identifiers and HIPAA myths -- Further rulings influencing HIPAA -- Covered entity charts -- CMS regional offices and government resources -- HIPAA non-privacy complaint form -- Security standards matrix.