Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer reported in a press conference about 12:31 p.m. EDT that health care administrators at Orlando Regional Medical Center contacted the White House Obama for permission to waive HIPAA regulation so that doctors and health care personnel could communicate freely with family about information related to the mass shooting and injuries sustained in a mass shooting at Pulse nightclub.

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HIPAA is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act that was passed by Congress in 1996. HIPAA requires the protection and confidential handling of protected health information.

HIPAA is also outlined to …

Provide the ability to transfer and continue health insurance coverage for millions of American workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs;

Reduce health care fraud and abuse;

Mandate industry-wide standards for health care information on electronic billing and other processes.

The HIPAA Privacy regulations require health care providers and organizations, as well as their business associates, develop and follow procedures that ensure the confidentiality and security of protected health information (PHI) when it is transferred, received, handled, or shared. This applies to all forms of PHI, including paper, oral, and electronic, etc. Furthermore, only the minimum health information necessary to conduct business is to be used or shared.









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