HIPPA

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/ˈhɪpə/

A form of HIPAA

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. misconstructionMisconstruction of HIPAA (“Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act”).

    For those that feel that their health information will be more 'secure' under HIPPA, you may have a disappointment ahead.

    2002 November 14, Gretchen Evans, “HIPPA comes home to roost”, in talk.politics.medicine (Usenet), retrieved 01 Jan 2023
    1 more example

    "There are HIPPA laws that say patient rights and records need to be protected. And so when you go into a Kaiser, license readers, cars are associated with people," said Hill.

    2023 December 1, Da Lin, “Privacy advocates accuse Kaiser of not following state law on license plate readers”, in CBS News, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2024

Origin

Acronym of Health Information Privacy and Portability Act or Health Information Privacy Protection Act.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with HIPPA

kippah
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Anagrams

happi
Cite this entry
APA

HIPPA. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HIPPA

MLA

“HIPPA.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HIPPA. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “HIPPA,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HIPPA.

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