With every new visit you make to the doctor, you will be required to sign a form stating that your doctor’s office has informed you of their compliance of the HIPAA laws. How many times have you signed this document without reading it thoroughly? What you may not understand is that the HIPAA laws are extremely important and have been put into effect to protect you from several things, including being denied care and health insurance coverage, as well as identity theft.

Enacted in 1996, HIP...
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