The purpose of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)is to:
A)protect the confidentiality of private individual health information.
B)standardize health care nationally.
C)standardize health care teaching facilities.
D)protect the hospital and health care workers from being sued.

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HIPAA is a set of rules passed in 1996 to be followed by doctors,hospitals,and other health care providers.The purpose of this law is to protect private individual health information from being disclosed to anyone without the consent of the individual.

The Purpose of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act