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Its official, unwieldy moniker is The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Little in its name implies the bill's sweeping impact on the healthcare industry in the areas of information security and confidentiality. In fact, four of its five Titles deal with other issues of healthcare management, like health insurance access, medical savings accounts, and health insurance for the self-employed. Implementation must be complete 2 years later, or approximately early 2002. Also known as the Kennedy-Kassebaum Act.