HIPAA - Electronic Transaction Standards
An Executive Briefing for CEOs and Other Health Care Leaders
June 2001
Dear Colleague:
HIPAA
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) established new standards for the confidentiality, security, and transmissibility of health care information.
There are three types of standards created by HIPAA: privacy, security and administrative simplification (e.g., transaction standards).
Taken together, these regulations have a major impact on the day-to-day functioning of the nation's hospitals and affect virtually every department of every entity that provides or pays for health care.
This web page provides resources for hospitals and health systems on HIPAA compliance, security and privacy standards, transaction standards and administrative simplification.
Explore HIPAA Topics
HIPAA - Privacy and Security Standards
AHA Response to the Dececember 2018 HIPAA RFI (December 12, 2019)
AHA/AHIMA Webinar: Engaging Patients Through Access to Their Medical Records (November 15, 2016)