HIPPA Title II establishes national standards for electronic health care transactions, provider identifiers, confidential record keeping, and access to records. Which of the following best describes its scope?

• A. Confidential disclosure only to insurers
• B. Consumer privacy for non-health data
• C. National standards for electronic transactions and identifiers
• D. State-by-state variation in reporting

Answer: (C)

HIPAA Title II focuses on creating nationwide, uniform rules for handling health information in electronic form. It establishes national standards for electronic health care transactions, standard code sets, and national provider identifiers, along with privacy and security protections and rights to access records. That is why this option best describes its scope: it emphasizes national standards for electronic transactions and identifiers across the health system. The other alternatives don’t fit because HIPAA’s scope is broader than disclosures to insurers, it concerns health data specifically (not non-health data privacy), and it provides nationwide rather than state-by-state variation in requirements.