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medicolegal issues and the pharmacy

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The main federal government agency responsible for health care   The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)  
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Taking reasonable safeguards to protect PHI from incidental disclosure   Minimum Necessary Standard  
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Pharmacies must give each patient a notice of privacy practices at this time   First contact or encounter  
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Patients must sign this in order for a covered entity to release PHI   Authorization  
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This kind of information may be used or disclosed for any purpose   De-identified health information  
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The mandated code set for diagnoses under the HIPAA TCS standards   ICD-9-CM  
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The ICD-9-CM uses these diagnosis codes to permit reporting the most specific diagnosis possible   Fourth and fifth level diagnosis codes  
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This enables physicians to submit prescriptions electronically   E-prescribing  
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This act prohibits a prescription drug plan from providing mail-order coverage without also providing non-mail-order prescription benefits   Prescription Equity Act of 1997  
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An action that misuses money that the government has allocated. It is illegal because taxpayers' dollars are misspent.   Abuse  
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The number of Americans who benefit from Medicaid and Medicare programs   90 Million  
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The first comprehensive federal protection for the privacy of health information   HIPAA Privacy Rule  
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A court request for a witness to bring certain evidence   Subpoena duces tecum  
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The process of encoding information in such a way that only the person with the key can decode it   Encryption  
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This requires covered entities to establish safeguards to protect PHI   HIPAA Security Rule  
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The National Provider Identifier is made up of this many numbers   Nine numbers and a check digit  
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The legislation that provided seniors and individuals with disabilities access to prescription drug plans with more choices and better benefits under Medicare   Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003  
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The federal government recovered this much money in fraud related judgments and settlements with companies and individuals   $2.2 billion  
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This entity has the task of detecting health care fraud and abuse and enforcing all laws relating to them   Office of the Inspector General (OIG)  
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A type of law that states that an employer is responsible for an employee's actions   Respondeat superior  
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This act was designed to protect peoples' private health information and uncover fraud and abuse   HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996  
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In HIPAA terms, agencies that must comply with the law in order to do business with covered entities. This includes law firms, accountants, and collection agencies   Business Associates  
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Medication and billing records a pharmacy maintains   Designated Record Set  
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This is the HIPAA standard for the identification of providers when filing claims and other transactions   National Provider Identifier (NPI)  
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An act of deception used to take advantage of another person   Fraud  
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Medical records that are stored in the pharmacy are legal documents that belong to the pharmacy, but the information belongs to whom?   The patient  
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The pharmacy cannot withhold the information in a medical record from the patient except in this case   Providing it would be detrimental to a patient's health  
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Organizations that electronically transmit any information that is protected under HIPAA   Covered entities  
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Individually identifiable health information that is transmitted or maintained by electronic media (name, address, birth date, phone number, etc)   Protected Health Information (PHI)  
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Document explaining how patients' protected health information may be used and describing their rights   Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)  
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A computer based record of patient health information. It can automatically generate a complete record of patient encounters.   Electronic Health Record (EHR)  
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States may restrict this on premiums and other charges to patients   Price increases  
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