Medicare, Medicaid, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) have had significant impacts on the healthcare industry. Consider the most significant benefits that Medicare, Medicaid, and (HIPAA) have brought to the healthcare industry and the most significant challenges they have presented to decision making in the industry.

Research Medicare, Medicaid and HIPAA. Identify two benefits as well as two challenges.

Here is an example to get you started below:

42 U.S. Code § 1320d–6 – Wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information

(a) Offense

A person who knowingly and in violation of this part—

(1) uses or causes to be used a unique health identifier;

(2) obtains individually identifiable health information relating to an individual; or

(3) discloses individually identifiable health information to another person,
shall be punished as provided in subsection (b) of this section. For purposes of the previous sentence, a person (including an employee or other individual) shall be considered to have obtained or disclosed individually identifiable health information in violation of this part if the information is maintained by a covered entity (as defined in the HIPAA privacy regulation described in section 1320d–9 (b)(3) of this title) and the individual obtained or disclosed such information without authorization.

(b) Penalties

A person described in subsection (a) of this section shall—

(1) be fined not more than $50,000, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both;

(2) if the offense is committed under false pretenses, be fined not more than $100,000, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both; and

(3) if the offense is committed with intent to sell, transfer, or use individually identifiable health information for commercial advantage, personal gain, or malicious harm, be fined not more than $250,000, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.

 

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Part 1: First, to prepare to answer the discussion questions, attend a local, state, or federal meeting that addresses either civil liberties or civil rights. Note that you should have the Part 2 discussion questions in mind as you attend the event you choose. Use one of the following options for attendance:

Physically attend an event. For example, you could attend one of the following:

A speech by a politician, concerned citizen, activist, etc.
A school board, town hall, city council, etc.
A rally, march, etc.

Virtually attend an event by viewing one online. Following are some examples:

Attend a U.S. House of Representatives event by going to house.gov or a US Senate event by going to senate.gov and following these directions:

Click the Committees tab
Select a committee of interest to you (for example, Judiciary)
Click Hearings (Note that each committee webpage is slightly different, so you may need to search around.)
Watch a video of the meeting.

Watch an event on C-Span T.V. Network by going to c-span.org and conducting a keyword search in the Video Library (note that civil rights, civil liberties, amendment name, or congressional legislation are all good key words).
Try watching something on your official state legislature website (Google the name of your state + legislature) or official city/town/county website (Google the name of your city/town/county + government)

Part 2: After attending a meeting on civil liberties or civil rights, address the following in the discussion:

Describe the event.

What is the purpose of the event?
Where is the event?
Who attended the event?
Who spoke at the event?

Analyze the civil liberties and/or civil rights component of the event.

How does the event directly relate to the Constitution, congressional legislation, executive actions, and/or judicial decisions?

Why was this event important to you? How does this relate to your life?