HIPAA stands for

• A. Health Insurance and Public Accountability Act
• B. Health Insurance Privacy and Access Act
• C. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
• D. Health Information Protection and Accreditation Act

Answer: (C)

HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The four parts show what the law covers: Health Insurance refers to health coverage, Portability means you can maintain or move your insurance when changing jobs, Accountability signals the obligation to protect and securely handle personal health information, and Act marks it as a federal statute. Enacted in 1996, the law also underpins privacy and security rules for health information. The other phrases don’t match the official name, so they don’t fit as the expansion of this acronym.