The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is the federal law that helps protect your rights to health coverage when you move from one health plan to another health plan. To understand how HIPAA affects you, please select the category below that best describes your current situation.

(NOTE: Before you check, you should consult the Definitions section for more details. For example, the group coverage protections may not apply to some government workers or church employees.)

Select your current situation:

1. I am moving from one employer-sponsored health plan to another employer-sponsored health plan.
2. I am moving from an employer-sponsored health plan to an individual health plan. 
   
   
3. I am moving from an individual health plan to an employer-sponsored health plan.
4. I am moving from an individual health plan to another individual health plan.
   
   
5. I am losing Medicaid and am enrolling in an employer-sponsored health plan.
6. I am losing Medicaid and am enrolling in an individual health plan.
   
   
7. I do not currently have insurance and am enrolling in an employer-sponsored health plan.
8. I do not currently have insurance and am enrolling in an individual health plan.

For more resources and informatiion, go to Additional Resources on HIPAA and State-Specific Insurance Protections.

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Other provisions of HIPAA protect your privacy and give you access to your own medical records.
Those provisions are described elsewhere on our Web site under HIPAA Privacy.