AAP News Vol. 13 No. 4 April 1997, p. 21
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996: Potential liability under new fraud and abuse provisions

Jeffrey Berman M.D., FAAP

Many laudable and long-needed provisions addressing the portability of health insurance coverage came into law January 1 with the enactment of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Also known as the Kennedy-Kassebaum bill, its most notable provisions prohibit most pre-existing condition clauses, guarantee the availability of health insurance coverage for many classes of people, and establish a demonstration project for medical savings accounts. (See the September 1996 issue of AAP News for more details on this law.)