Question

Regulation Health care has been subject to many rules, laws and requirements over the years. As new requirements are adopted, health care delivery and administration must adapt. Through your readings and experiences, which federal regulations have had the biggest impact on health care and why? Some laws for you to consider in your analysis include: HIPAA, COBRA, OBRA, Health Care Reform, ERISA… Provide your reasons and examples to support your ideas. References please !

Answer 1

which federal regulations have had the biggest impact on health care and why?

eventhough there are many federal regulations available in health care industry, HIPAA has a wide reaching impact in helath care. No one can deny this as it is more comprehensive and more detailed compared with other federal regulations.

It has a mandatory privacy facility programs with required training. It has specific measures to how to protect data. It is the only federal law having notifications on data breach. De-Identification of data also addressed here. It has potent fines for those who violate the regulations. Most other laws have failed to do those things.

Reference:

Solove, Daniel J. "HIPAA Mighty and Flawed: Regulation has Wide-Reaching Impact on the Healthcare Industry" Journal of AHIMA 84, no.4 (April 2013): 30-31.