HIPPA vs. HIPAA

sandra_d

Stupid question of the day ...

Is there a difference between HIPPA and HIPAA?? I've seen both used to describe the same thing ... even in documents on the federal governments web sites. Sorry if the answer is obvious and I've been totally missing something!!

awilliams

The acronym HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. I believe that HIPPA is merely a misspelling.


Anne Williams
Attorney Editor
M. Lee Smith Publishers, LLC

POPEYE

Anne - Must be a government thing

RE: TENNCARE / TENCARE / TNCARE

Have seen all 3 in recent articles.

Tarri Akerman

yes, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)is correct; the other is definitely a misspelling