What do I need to know about the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) in relation to my social work practice?
HIPAA establishes national minimum standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable information. The HIPAA standards address the many varied uses and disclosures of health information and apply not only to functions relating to treating patients and reimbursing health care providers, but also to activities that range from when health information should be available for research without authorization to whether a provider may release health information about a patient for law enforcement purposes. The Board cannot provide advice in this area to individual social workers as to the implications of HIPAA in their practice. The Board recommends that social workers seek out training opportunities and perhaps contact their professional associations.
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