What was the primary reason for the creation of HIPAA?

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Options

• ATo introduce protected health information security measures.
• BTo increase the efficiency of electronic healthcare payments.
• CTo create a common database within healthcare systems for patient diagnosis and prescription
• DTo extend privacy laws to business associates within health care.

• A
  15% (6)
• B
  73% (29)
• C
  8% (3)
• D
  5% (2)

Explanation

Although HIPAA contains extensive privacy protection, the law is mainly adopted to increase the efficiency of (electronic) healthcare payments.

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