Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA): the Title

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) : The title of the act contains two major sections: Portability and Accountability.The Portability section of the Act guarantees that:

A) electronic transactions and code sets can be used to transmit patient information.
B) protected health information (PHI) must be protected in all formats and in all locations;this includes the transfer of information in oral,written,and electronic formats and when stored (paper and electronic copies) .
C) a person covered by health insurance by one employer can obtain health insurance through a second employer if he or she changes jobs.
D) patients have to sign a specific authorization before a covered entity can release their medical information to a life insurer,a bank,a marketing firm,or another outside business for purposes not related to their healthcare.