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ZZPHARM HIPAA
| HIPAA | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does the acronym "HIPAA" stand for? | Health Insurance Portability And Accountabilty Act |
| What are the three phases of HIPAA compliences? | Electronic Data interchange, Privacy, Security |
| What form must be given to the patient informing them of their patient right? | Notice of privacy practices |
| What penalties exsist for healthcare providers and workers who violate HIPAA guidelines | Monetary fine, imprisionment, business audits and rejections of insurances payment claims |
| What type of transmission is not considered electronic | faxes |
| What steps are recommened to secure patient privacy | written, electronic, and verbal communications |
| The term "security" is used to discribe? | methods used to limit acess to confidentail data such as charts and computer records |
| Computer transmissions can be protected by: | passwords, patient charts locked, proper fire wall |
| An authorization form must be signed by a patient | True |
| What is an example of an appropriate verbal communication | phone conversations |
| Patient records should be | locked in the file cabinet |
| what would be an example of poor confidential data handling | discussing patients out loud or missplacing a chart |
| Fax machines fall under the guidelines governing | written communication |
| when a patient receives a "notice of privacy practices" they must | sign an acknowledgement of receipt |
| Electronic data interchange refers to | the exchange and processing of patient information between different agencies in the healthcare system |
| A business associates agreement | healthcare providers must establish seprate agreements with such entries as copy services, transaction services, legal counsel, and business insurers |
| HIPAA was instituted to | improve healthcare delivery and protect the costumers private healthcare information |
| This HIPAA certification exam must be passed with a score of 75% or better to | get your HIPAA compliance training certificate |