NU 205 Fundamentals / HIPAA Resources: What is HIPAA?
In the NU 205 course students are required to do a research paper on HIPAA - the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The goal of this help guide is to provide suggestions and links to resources that will help you locate the information y
The Office for Civil Rights under the Dept. of Health & Human Services protects the privacy and security of health information. There is information describing the HIPAA legislation on this website for all levels of healthcare personnel as well as for the general public.
This is a link-to site from the DHHS Office for Civil Rights, the government office listed above. It contains links to a variety of resources that will help you understand and integrate HIPAA and more into your professional practice.
This site contains a collection of DOL web pages on the this topic. Be sure to browse through the index of links on the left margin of the page for additional information in these sub-categories.
