Emotional stress makes a person more prone to developing shingles because it can lower immunity. Your body cannot fight off the virus effectively when you are not fully prepared to fight it. For example, you are more vulnerable to illness when you are in a stressful emotional state, such as anxiety or depression.
Title II of HIPAA, known as the Administrative Simplification (AS) provisions, requires the establishment of national standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers, health insurance plans, and employers.
Affordable Care Act (ACA) DEFINITION: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) â also known as the Affordable Care Act or ACA, and generally referred to as Obamacare â is the landmark health reform legislation passed by the 111th Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in March 2010.