Deliverable Length:  3 pages The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations directly impact the delivery of health care services in the United States. For this paper, you

Deliverable Length:  3 pages The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations directly impact the delivery of health care services in the United States. For this paper, you will research HIPAA regulations and discuss the controls the federal government has put in place to protect personal health information. 

Your paper should at very least cover the following:

• Description and purpose of HIPAA 
• HIPAA privacy rule 
•  General rule for patient authorization 
• Nursing homes and home care subject to HIPAA regulations 
• Confidentiality settings 
• How HIPAA affects employees 
• Your paper must be in proper APA format. 
• Your paper should be 3 pages, excluding the cover page, abstract page, and reference page.  
• Support your work with at least 4 academic or professional peer-reviewed sources that were published within the past 5 years.