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| what does HIPAA stand for? | Health Insurance Portability & Accountability
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| When did HIPAA become a law? | August 21, 1996
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| Title I | Health insurance access, portability & renewal
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| Title II | preventing healthcare fraud & abuse, Administrative simplification; medical liability reform
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| Title III | Tax-related provisions
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| Title IV | Application & Enforcement of Group Health Plan Requirements
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| Title V | Revenue Offsets
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| Difference between use and disclosure | use-when info is used w/in a facilitydisclosure-when info is used outside the facility
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| What information may be disclosed without authorization | emergencies..abuse..funeral directors..law enforcement..medical researchers..organ/tissue donation centers..work related conditions
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| Who must comply with HIPAA? | all health plans, healthcare clearing houses, and healthcare providers. AKA covered entities
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| How does HIPAA define a health care provider? | As a legal entity that is trained & licensed to provide health care services and transmits the identified standard transactions electronically
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| What steps should a Health care organization take to prepare for HIPAA compliance? | be proactive..review the organizations strategic and financial plan..allocate resources for the upoming years..initiate discussions with you IT partners on how to assess your organiztion's current performance relative to HIPAA standards
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| what are the consequences or penalties for non-compliance with HIPAA? | penalties are substantial with monetary fines and in some cases imprisonment.
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| what is biometrics authentification? | finger prints..facial recognition..voice recognition..iris scanning..hand geometry
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| is biometrics technology the answer to HIPAA security requirements? | it is a core component for knowing that only authorized individuals have access to your most sensitive systems.
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| What information is protected by the HIPAA privacy rule? | protects health information that is individually identifiable.
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| HIPAA will allow the provider to use health care information for: | 1.treatment 2.payment 3.operations
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| what are the new righs that individuals are granted by the HIPAA privacy rules? | right to request an accounting of health info disclosures/right to request and amendment to their health info/right to inspect and copy their health info
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| What is HIPAAs security rule? | specifies how patient information is protected on computer networks, the internet, disks and other storage media and extranets
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| if a patients request copies of their medical records as permitted by the Privacy Rule, are they required to pay for copies? | A reasonable, cost-based fee is permitted. fee may include only the cost of coying and pastage if mailing is required.
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| will HIPPA privacy rule permit a provider who is a covered entity to disclose a complete medical record even though portions of the record were created by other providers? | yes. rule permits a provider who is covered entity to disclose a somplete medical record, including portions that were created by another provider.
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| Can a physician's office fax patient medical information to another physician's office? | for treatment purposes--covered entities must have in place reasonable & appropriate admin, technical & physical safe guards to protect the privacy of protected health information that is diesclosed.
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| Are hospitals able to inform the clergy about prishoners inthe hospital? | yes. as long as the patient has been informed.
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| Are stae, county, or local health departments required to comply with the HIPAA privacy rule? | yes. as long as they are covered entites.
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