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HCP 203 HIPAA
Theodora Richards
Question | Answer |
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What does the acronym "HIPAA" stand for? | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (Act Of 1996) |
The privacy rule protects information that exists in | Files, written papers,oral,and eletronic |
What form must be given to the patient informing them of their patient rights? | Notice Privacy Practice |
What penalties exist for health care providers and workers who violate HIPAA guidelines? | Penalties are getting fired,paying a fine,and going to jail |
The "Minimum Necessary Standards" requires covered entities to evaluate their practices in orded | To overriding consideration to disclose only minimum necessary to those who need to know |
Who must comply with HIPAA Privacy Rule? | Every medical office, doctor,and nurse |
The privacy rule permits certain incidental uses and disclosures as long as | It follows HIPAA laws |
Under the uses and disclosures in treatment, payment, and health care options; the provision coordination or management of Health care and related services is defined as | Individually Identifiable Health Information |
A patient's privacy rights are communicated to the patient through | Office for Civil Rights |
What must covered entities have in place that protect against uses and disclosures not permitted by the privacy rule | Appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards that protect against uses and disclosures not permitted by Privacy Rule |
A________ is an example of a business associate | Workforce |
When a patient receives a "Notice of Privacy Practices," they must_______ | Inform patient the covered entity's duties with respect to a patient's PHI ( Protected Health Information) |
A person or entity that performs certain functions or activities that involve the use or disclosure personal health information on behalf of, or provides services to, a covered entity is known as | Business Associate |
The HI-TECH Act updated the HIPAA Privacy Rule includes | Provisions that change several important aspects of the rule |
Which government office is responsible for administering and enforcing HIPAA Standards? | HHS ( Health and Human Services), Office of Civil Rights |
Under the Minimum Necessary Standards, covered entities must identify who needs access to protected health information | Persons or classes of persons within covered entity to continue job duties |
Under the uses and disclosures in treatment, payment, and health care options; the privacy rule provides for | Health Care Operations |
Who must comply with the HIPAA Privacy Rule? | Health plans, health care cleaninghouses, health care providers who conduct certain financial and administrative transactions eletronically. |
HIPAA accountability involves " Administrative Simplification " which includes | Provisions that required HHS to adopt national standards for electronic health care transactions and code sets |
The privacy officer required under the privacy rule is responsible for | Implying the HIPAA Privacy Rule for every office in the medical field |