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HIPAA is an acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, passed by Congress in 1996. The purpose of the Act was to increase the ease with which people could transfer their health care information from one insurer or provider to the next. As part of HIPAA, Congress required the development of privacy regulations to protect the confidentiality of individually identifiable health care information. The final Privacy Rule was issued on August 14, 2002.
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