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.
Reinvestment Act of2009 included the Health Information Technology and Economic and. Clinical Health (HITECH) Act which aimed to promote the adoption and meaningful use of. health IT. Since the passage of the HITECH Act in 2009, the Department of Health and Human. Services (HHS) has released hundreds of pages of regulations to implement the program.