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Medical Social Work

Legal Issues: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Assignment

• Many parties other than the health care team are involved in providing care to patients-laboratories for testing, insurance agents for health insurance, or pharmacists for medications. As a patient moves from one facility to another, so does his or her personal health information. It is likely that a patient's personal health information might be passed on to a third party if proper care is not exercised. How does a medical social worker protect and disclose the identifiable health information of a patient? As a prospective medical social worker, you are required to become familiar with the privacy rules.

• This week, you examine the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). You gain a clear understanding about the applications of the HIPAA to your professional responsibilities.

Learning Objectives

1. Apply the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to medical social work practice
2. Analyze the impact of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act on medical social work practice

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