Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

nouncandidate·updated Oct 7, 2026

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An act of the U.S. Congress that stipulates how personally identifiable information is to be protected by the health care and health care insurance industries. It was signed into law in 1996.

MWEAICPA Privacy Management Framework

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per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Framework is split by kind (Dorian, 2026-10-07; cki DESIGN.md I-079)

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

surface forms

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