HIPAA
The Health Insurance Portability &
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Public Law was passed by Congress:
- To improve portability and continuity of health
insurance coverage in the group and individual markets
- To combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance
and health care delivery
- To
reduce costs and the administrative burdens of health care by improving
efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system by standardizing
the interchange of electronic data for specified administrative and
financial transactions
- To ensure protecting the privacy of
Americans’ personal health records by protecting the security and
confidentiality of health care information
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Notice of HIPAA Privacy Policy (Revised Dec 2010)(pdf)
Thagard Student Health
Center reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any
time. Notification of changes to the Privacy Policy will be
effective when posted to our website. An electronic version
of
our Privacy Policy is available by following the above link.
Copies of our Privacy Policy are also available at the Health Center
and by contacting our Privacy Officer listed to the right.
Kelly
Dykes, RN, CHPE
Privacy Officer
Email:
kdykes@admin.fsu.edu
Phone: 850.644.3614
*Note: Email is not a secure means of communication.
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