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HIPAA Privacy & Security 1. Consumer Section: HIPAA Facts - in Brief This is an abbreviated summary of some HIPAA facts. Abbreviation:  HIPAA = "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act". Owner.  Published and maintained by U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources.  (www.hhs.gov) Titles.  Two Titles under HIPAA: Title I, "Insurance Reform". Title II, "Administrative Simplification".  Key sections.  Privacy, Security, Transactions.  All are under Title II, Administrative Simplification". Deadlines for compliance were on: Privacy:  April 14, 2003. Security:  April 21, 2006 Transactions: October 16, 2003 . National Employer Identifier: August 1, 2005 Scope:        Privacy:  Protected Health Information (PHI). Diagnosis, Treatment, Payment. Security:  Any information system that collects, maintains, uses, or transmits Individually Identifiable Health Information.