HIPAA

(2-3 pages. Must include Abstract and Conclusion)

The Medical Staff Coordinator has again called upon your expertise in the area of health care law. You have been asked to provide a written discussion of the basic fundamentals of law. The Coordinator has asked you to provide the information outlined below and to use research (at least 2 sources) to substantiate your discussion. 

Discuss 1 of the following Acts, and use the questions below to guide your response: 

• Privacy Act 
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 
• Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act 
• Health Care Quality Improvement Act 
• Ethics in Patient Referral Act 
• Patient Self-Determination Act 
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

The following questions are to guide your response: 

• What is the date of enactment of this Act? 
• What led to the enactment of this Act? 
• What are the criminal penalties, if any, for violation of this Act? 
• Who is governed by this Act? 
• What are some of the key provisions of this Act? 
• Discuss the impact the Act has had on health care since it was implemented.

Use APA formatting and citation standards. Use at least 2 scholarly references published within the last 5 years to substantiate your work.