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Hipaa a guide to health care privacy and security law second edition in todays health care industry full compliance with hipaa privacy law is a must hipaa is a federal law to which there are many aspects and hipaa laws and regulations carry significant penalties. The american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 and its effects on the privacy and security of health information including but not limited to covered entities new obligations under hipaas privacy and security rules. Evolving environment health care organizations must prioritize prepared ness and invest in their privacy and security compliance programs organizations prepare today for tomorrows threats. The health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996 hipaa required the secretary of the us department of health and human services hhs to develop regulations protecting the privacy and security of certain health information 1 to fulfill this requirement hhs published what are commonly known as the hipaa privacy rule and the hipaa security rule