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HCP 203 HIPAA
Laura Franco Ortega
Question | Answer |
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1.What does the acronym "HIPAA" stand for? | "health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act" |
2.The privacy rule protects information that exists in _____ | Electronic forms, files information, orally etc. |
3.What form must be given to the patient informing them of their patient rights? | Notice of Privacy Practice |
4.What penalties exist for healthcare providers and workers who violate HIPAA guidelines? | monetary fine and/or imprisonment. Fine from the OCR. |
5.The "minimum Necessary Standard" requires covered entities to evaluate their practices in order. | To protect access and disclose of personal health information. Disclose only minimum necessary to those who need to know. |
6. Who must comply with the HIPAA Privacy Rule? | Organizations that are considered HIPAA covered entities, including health plans, healthcare clearinghouses and healthcare providers. Employees, Volunteers, trainers etc. |
7.The privacy rule permits certain incidental uses and disclosures as long as. | There are reasonable safeguards and implemented minimum necessary standards. |
8.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. | billing of collection of activities |
9.A patient's privacy rights are communicated to the patient through. | Notice of privacy Practices |
10.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. |
11.A_________ is an example of a business associate. | business or organization not part of workforce. Third party administrator with claims.` |
12.When a patient receives a "Notice of Privacy Practices", they must ________ | inform patients the covered entity's duties respect to a patient's PHI. |
13.A person or entity that performs certain function or activities that involve the use or disclosure of personal health information on behalf of, or provides services to , a covered entity is known as a ________ | Business Associate |
14.The HITECH Act updated the HIPAA Rule to included. | HHS's Summary of the HIPAA Omnibus Rule.... security and enforcement Rules mandated. |
15.Which government office is responsible for administering and enforcing HIPAA standards? | The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) |
16.Under the Minimum Necessary Standard, covered entities must identified who needs access to protected health information_______ | To carry out their job duties |
17.Under the Uses and Disclosures in Treatment Payment, and Health Care Operations: the privacy rule provides for. | the Privacy Rule permits a covered entity to use and disclose protected health information, with certain limits and protection. |
18.Who must comply with the HIPAA Privacy Rule? | Hospitals, Physicians offices, Health plan.. Employees, physicians, volunteers, employees of another companies who work primarily for networks, are onsite and who work under a network control. |
19.HIPAA Accountability involves "Administrative Simplification" which includes____ | To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system. for provisions that required HHS to adopt national standards for electronic health care transactions and code sets. |
20.The Privacy Officer required under the Privacy rule is responsible for _____ | keeping up-to-date on federal and state privacy laws. is responsible for implementing the HIPAA Privacy Rule, In-depth HIPAA training for this individual is a must. |