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with health insurance coverage. As HIPPA went through several modifications from 1996 to
1999 the legislation failed to pass health privacy legislation. The main goal of the bill in 1990’s
was the health insurance, but HIPPA has now had an impact on the practice and privacy of the
health information. HIPPA has several elected administrations before and after it was signed into
law. It reveals that politics have a way of starting out as bill for a particular issue, and then
transforming into impacting another sector of health care.
Impact of governmental and non-governmental regulatory agencies on health care policy
Both governmental and non-governmental firms at the local, state and federal levels have
direct oversight of health care facilities, and practitioners in the benefit of safety and quality.
Policies, rules and regulations for the industry as a whole are governed by these bodies and
compliance is monitored. Office of Civil Rights (OCR): this governing body is a component of
the Department of Health and Human Services (DDH). This body is in charge of HIPPA
enforcement. It audits health care providers, and fines are given out for noncompliance. The
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) and the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT
(ONC) are agencies that help with the oversight of HIPPA in regards to auditing health care
facilities. These agencies function as compliance resources. OCR audits for HIPPA compliance
while the participation of CMS is crucial for health care providers to receive reimbursements for
services. Additionally, some of these agencies provide accreditation that is voluntary but very
crucial to prompt safety, quality and reimbursements in these health care facilities. Joint
Commission: This non-governmental body provides accreditation benefits to health care
organizations. Joint Commission has been actively directing providers to the need for patient
safety. All these government agencies play a role in facilities being compliant with HIPPA .

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Roles of stakeholders or interest groups in health care laws and regulations
Boards of directors and stakeholders have to understand that patient security and privacy
when taking care of patient. It is the most important situation is to follow local, state, and federal
laws in regards to protecting all patients from young to elderly. As leadership, management and
stakeholders we take full responsibility for patient safety. Stakeholders know that HIPPA
policies will affect the medical staff, nursing staff, pharmacy, laboratory and other ancillary
departments. As part of commitment, to the organizations stakeholders have made sure
administrators create committees and policies to follow the federal guidelines. Stakeholders
create or are pushing to create new health care policy under their leadership. Committee
stakeholders make to help ensure safeguards of policies includes workgroups and committee and
is made up of a crosshatch of clinical and non-clinical employees and physicians. These groups