Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Public Law 104-191, included Administrative Simplification provisions that required HHS to adopt national standards for electronic health care transactions and code sets, unique health identifiers, and security. At the same time, Congress recognized that advances in electronic technology could erode the privacy of health information. Consequently, Congress incorporated into HIPAA provisions that mandated the adoption of Federal privacy protections for individually identifiable health information.
Contact Information
Mailing Address:
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Privacy Officer: John C. Clark
123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Room 1702
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102-6406
Physical Address:
Oklahoma State Department of Health
HIPAA Privacy Officer
123 Robert S. Kerr Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK
Phone: (405) 426-8454
Email: PrivacyOfficer@health.ok.gov
