ABSTRACT
HIPAA has four parts, the Privacy Rule, the Security Rule, Transactions and Code Sets Standards, and National Identifi ers. This chapter focuses on the Privacy Rule and the Security Rule, the two parts of the Act which fall into the Administrative Simplifi cation category and which require signifi cant process changes in medical practices that meet the federal defi nition of covered entities. This chapter addresses the following questions. Read it in conjunction with Chapter 15 and Appendices J and K on the website www.radcliffe-oxford. com/medicalpracticemanagement:
Who must comply with HIPAA?
