They aren't just random. They give away specific information about your card and where it comes from. The first digit of your credit card number is the industry identifier. This tells you the industry of the credit card issuer. For example, airline industry cards begin with a 1 or a 2. Travel or entertainment cards, such as American Express and Diners Club cards, begin with a 3.
One of the most significant amendments to HIPAA by the HITECH Act is the expansion of the categories of entities subject to the 1996 law's privacy and security rules. Plans and health care clearinghouses are also affected by HITECH, along with their business associates and certain vendors of HIT.
Updated 2013; material added April 2015. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, known as HIPAA, continues to have a broad impact on state health policy, as well as on virtually all health providers, insurers and health consumers.he final omnibus rule greatly enhances a patientâs privacy protections, provides individuals new rights to their health information, and strengthens the governmentâs ability to enforce the law.