The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was developed to:
a. make it easier to transport and transmit your personal health information.
b. guard against insurance companies selling their client list of names and addresses.
c. protect all individuals' identifiable health information held or transmitted.
d. make health insurance companies more accountable for payment of claims.
C
HIPAA was developed to protect all individually identifiable health information held or transmitted by
a covered entity or its business associate, in any form or medium, whether electronic, paper, or oral.
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