Assignment: Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) Violations
HIPAA is a law that was enacted to protect patient's private health information (PHI). The HIPAA law was enacted in 1996. This law has since been amended to include more specifics on PHI as it relates to technology. Most recently, in 2009, HITECH, a segment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, has been enacted to include an expansion to electronic PHI (ePHI). HITECH provides benefits for providers to encourage the adoption of ePHI systems.
Reflect back to the health information system you proposed. Select a resolution agreement from the Health and Human Services' 2018 OCR HIPAA Summary: Settlements and Judgements. Provide an analysis of the HIPAA violation of patient health information (PHI) that was present in the case you selected. Be sure to include in-text citations and a reference entry for your chosen case from the Resolution Agreements page.
In your case analysis,
i. Analyze the specific HIPAA privacy and security rules that were broken.
ii. Explain the penalties (if any) that were imposed as a result of the ruling on the case.
iii. Develop a health system improvement plan to include applicable Federal standards.
iv. Propose a risk analysis strategy addressing appropriate laws and regulations.
v. Apply the lessons learned from this particular case to your Proposal
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.