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HIPAA Test Review 2025 Questions and Answers What does HIPAA stand for? - --Answer --Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act What is HIPAA? - --Answer --Federal privacy standards to protect patients' medical records and other health information provided to health plans, doctors, hospitals and other health care providers. When did HIPAA take effect? - --Answer --Took effect on April 14, 2003. What does HIPAA's standards provide patients with? - --Answer --Access to their medical records and more control over how their personal health information is used and disclosed What were the goals that HIPAA was designed for? - --Answer --limiting administrative cost of health care, *privacy issues*, and *preventing fraud* and abuse were of primary importance. The law has also had to *include privacy and confidentiality rules to protect the patient* ....COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...TRUSTED & VERIFIED 1