Your Health Plan and HIPAA : Making the Law Work for You

Perhaps you have heard of HIPAA -- the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act -- during a visit to your doctor¿s office. The doctor¿s staff may have handed you a ¿HIPAA privacy notice¿ advising you of protections for your personal health information. But HIPAA covers a lot more than privacy. At the time HIPAA was passed, a lot of people were afraid to switch jobs because they might lose the insurance coverage they needed for their families. This report explains how HIPAA¿s protections make it easier to change employers without losing health coverage for your (& your family¿s) medical conditions. It focuses on HIPAA¿s coverage as it applies to private-sector group health plans only. Includes a glossary of terms. Illustrations.Leonard, Barry is the author of 'Your Health Plan and HIPAA : Making the Law Work for You', published 2007 under ISBN 9781422319017 and ISBN 1422319016.