UOPX Provide a Summary of A Current Law or Regulation that Impacted Lifespan Management

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First Write a 175- to 265-word response to the following:Provide a summary of a current law or regulation that impacted lifespan management. How did it influence the facility and patients? Provide details.

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Read and respond to the two discussion posts below. Be constructive and professional with your thoughts, feedback, or suggestions.

1.The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protects individuals health information. An individuals name, social security number, date of birth, address, health or mental conditions in the past or present, admissions, treatments and procedures, and billing and payment information cannot be shared with people who are not involved in the patients care. Information can be shared for treatment and care coordination, for billing and payment to doctors and hospitals, with family members, friends, or those who have been identified by the patient, with regulatory bodies that ensure appropriate care, with agencies in order to protect the public (contagious diseases), and with the police.

This requires facilities to provide HIPPA training for its staff. Patients information is now more confidentiality. However HIPPA has unintentionally created challenges. Professionals sometimes have problems with release of patient information. More clarification of the law and standardized instructions is needed.

Reference

How does HIPAA affect you, your health care system and seniors in general? (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.seniorliving.org/health/hipaa/

Houser, S. H., Houser, H. W., & Shewchuk, R. M. (2007, March 23). Assessing the effects of the HIPAA privacy rule on release of patient information by healthcare facilities. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2082070

2.A current regulation that has impacted lifespan management is the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, or HITECH Act. President Obama signed HITECH into law on February 17, 2009 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), an economic stimulus bill. This act is important because it forces healthcare providers, merchants, and caregivers to implement a tougher access to security. It helps protect patient data which can avoid million dollar fines. This act cut down the cost of healthcare by changing the way protected health information was shared by doctors, hospitals, and anyone else using an electronic system. Healthcare providers were given financial incentives for being able to demonstrate meaningful use of electronic health records. If the Act was not passed, many healthcare providers would still be using paper records causing their patients information to be at risk. The HITECH Act helped facilities and patients with privacy and security with using computerized systems. The facility has to let patients know that if their information was compromised. This puts pressure on the facilities because leaked personal information can bring fines. Patients also can feel at ease knowing that there are security measures protecting their health information.

Reference

What is the HITECH Act? (2019) Retrieved from https://www.hipaajournal.com/what-is-the-hitech-ac…

 
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