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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) required the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop regulations protecting the privacy and security of certain health information. This means that most medical information recorded by healthcare providers has to be stored based on a certain standard of security.

This is only just now becoming an issue in the float industry as centers are starting to accept insurance and medical referrals. However, this is still extremely rare. If this is something that may affect you personally, definitely research additional resources to make sure you're in compliance.

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HHS Health Information Privacy Site

HHS HIPAA Summary

HealthIT.gov

HIPAA Training

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Graham: Alright, hello everybody.

Ashkahn: Welcome.

Graham: I'm Graham.

Ashkahn: I'm Ashkahn and let slam it up. That's what we say, that's our new catch phrase.

Graham: Today's question is ...

Ashkahn: That's our old catch phrase, “today's question is”,