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Hot Topic: Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act Of 1996: You Must Comply, One Way Or Another, Richard Stokes Nov 1999

Hot Topic: Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act Of 1996: You Must Comply, One Way Or Another, Richard Stokes

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) amended the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide, among other things, improved portability and continuity of health insurance coverage.