HIPAA Stands for

question 1

Multiple Choice

HIPAA stands for

• A) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
• B) Health Insurance Privacy and Accountability Act
• C) Health Insurance Privacy and Awareness Act
• D) Health Insurance Portability and Awareness Act

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Definitions:

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

A U.S. federal law designed to eliminate abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection practices, providing guidelines for the conduct of debt collectors towards debtors.

Consumer Debt

Personal debt incurred by an individual primarily for the purchase of consumer goods that are consumable and/or do not appreciate.

Debt Collectors

Individuals or companies engaged in recovering owed money on behalf of themselves or others.

FTC Act

The Federal Trade Commission Act, which established the FTC to prevent unfair competition and protect consumers from anticompetitive, deceptive, and unfair business practices.