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What Are HIPAA Security Risk Assessments in Los Angeles?

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What is HIPPA? HIPAA full form is (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). HIPPA is a federal law that was passed in 1996. This law sets a national standard to protect medical records & other individual's medical information. The rule defines " secured health information" as medical information that: Identifies a person and is exchanged or maintained digitally or in hard copy. What Are HIPAA Security Risk Assessments? In Los Angeles, HIPAA Security risk assessments are conducted to help ensure that the information that people wish to keep private is properly protected. People who wish to keep their personal health information private can use HIPAA security devices to help keep their private information secure. In layman's terms, risk assessment is the process of identifying and analyzing the risks associated with a particular activity or situation. When a business or organization wishes to provide its customers with safe financial and personal infor