Navigating HIPAA Compliance with Telemedicine: Why It's Essential & What It Means for Practitioners
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HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and it is a federal law that seeks to protect individual'’ health information. The US Department of Health and Human Services has implemented certain rules to keep people's medical records private. The Privacy and Security Rule deals with healthcare fraud and abuse and protects sensitive patient health information from being stored or transmitted unlawfully.