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HIPAA

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1. Hardware or software designed to prevent unauthorized access to electronic information.
false and malicious writing about another
Malfeasance
Firewalls
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information

2. The use of uniform electronic network protocols to transfer business information between organizations.
Electronic data interchange
false and malicious writing about another
Duty; duty of care - Derelict; breach of the duty of care - Direct cause; legally recognizable injury occurs as a result of breach of care - Damage; wrongful activity must have been the cause
Designated record set

3. Civil law
Verification
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
Ethical
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.

4. Transmission of information between two parties fro financial or administrative activities.
Electronic transmission
Portability
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
Transaction

5. Slander
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation
Designated record set

6. Protected Health Information (PHI)
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
Any information that would identify a patient (name - add - tele - DOB - SSN - email - med. rec. number - etc)
Invasion of Privacy Publishing
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS; established national standards for HIPAA) - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS; enforce insurance portability and transaction/code set requirements) - Office for Civil Rights (OCR; enfor

7. Confidentiality

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8. Deposition
Privacy
a service company that recieves electronic or paper claims from the provider - checks and prepares them for processing - and transmits them in HIPAA-complaint format to the correct carriers
Covered entities
testimony under oath

9. Name - address - date of birth - phone/fax numbers - social security number - medical record number - and photographs - nursing and physician notes - billing and other treatment records used during a patient's visit in a hospital or office.
allows patients to give directions to health care providers about treatment choices in circumstances in which the patient may no longer be able to provide that direction. There are two types: Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
Examples of PHI
Regulations

10. Privacy Officer
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
Every office should have one! - responsible for making surethat thise office is HIPAA compliant - privacy officer should be.. an effective communicator with ability to answer questions about sespected HIPPA violations and complaints
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)

11. Medical records used for health care research

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12. HIPAA compliance mandates that computer systems must be...
Permission
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
located in a secured and private space
malpractice

13. IIHI
Individually Identifiable Health Information
security rule
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control
Security

14. HI
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
Health Information

15. Releasing patient information
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions
De-Identified Information
Electronic Protected Health Information
Examples of PHI

16. Document that includes the standards
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
Rule

17. Protected health information from which certain patient identifiers have been removed
Individually Identifiable Health Information
Malfeasance
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control
Limited data set

18. OIG - Office of the Inspector General
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA
Privacy
safeguards health & wealthfare of Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries & protect program integrity
a service company that recieves electronic or paper claims from the provider - checks and prepares them for processing - and transmits them in HIPAA-complaint format to the correct carriers

19. See & Copy their health records - update health records - obtain a list of the institution's disclosures - other than for payment & healthcare operations - request a restriction on a certain uses or disclosures - choose how to receive their health in
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS; established national standards for HIPAA) - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS; enforce insurance portability and transaction/code set requirements) - Office for Civil Rights (OCR; enfor
Notice of Privacy Practices
Patient rights under HIPAA
Standard

20. Federal law protects patient records dealing with...
Portability
Verification
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA
substance abuse treatment

21. Patient records are _____________ so not all staff will have access.
need to know
Regulations
Covered entities
Malfeasance

22. Uniform anotomical gift act
safeguards health & wealthfare of Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries & protect program integrity
false and malicious writing about another
Privacy
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation

23. De-Identified Information
Verification
substance abuse treatment
individuals such as cleaning staff and consultants who work in the office. These individuals do not need access to patient info but may come in contact while completing their duties
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.

24. Advanced directives
allows patients to give directions to health care providers about treatment choices in circumstances in which the patient may no longer be able to provide that direction. There are two types: Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
Security
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.

25. Implied consent
Covered entities
Type of consent in which a patient who is unable to give consent is given treatment under the legal assumption that he or she would want treatment.
h/c workers --qualified people of organizations(perf. data processinf or transcript) -certain gov. auth. (pub health activities) -appropriate auth(protect vic. of abuse) -law enforcement officials or judicial orders
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently

26. Conforming to proper professional behavior
Code sets
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS; established national standards for HIPAA) - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS; enforce insurance portability and transaction/code set requirements) - Office for Civil Rights (OCR; enfor
Ethical
regular - in a secure location

27. In HIPAA language health plans - Health care clearinghouses - and all health care providers that transmit HIPAA standard transactions electronically are called covered entities. Hospitals - nursing homes - hospices - pharmacies - physician practices
De-Identified Information
Covered entities
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations

28. A general HIPAA requirement
allows patients to give directions to health care providers about treatment choices in circumstances in which the patient may no longer be able to provide that direction. There are two types: Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney
Standard
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
Privacy

29. Emancipated minors

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30. TPO
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
Portability
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties

31. Good samaritan law
Examples of PHI
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
Security
individuals such as cleaning staff and consultants who work in the office. These individuals do not need access to patient info but may come in contact while completing their duties

32. Gunshot wound - child abuse - infectious diseases - required by law - law enforcement purposes.
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)

33. NPP
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
State preemption
Notice of Privacy Practices
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.

34. Bioethics
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.
Tort
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently

35. Implied contract
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
Examples of PHI
need to know
substance abuse treatment

36. What are the 3 purposes of HIPAA?
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
Health Information
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control
it must have an accompanying disclaimer stating the fax information cannot be shared with any other party w/o patient's written consent

37. DII
Rule
law concerned with public wrongs against society
De-Identified Information
substance abuse treatment

38. Misfeasance
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
individuals such as cleaning staff and consultants who work in the office. These individuals do not need access to patient info but may come in contact while completing their duties
it must have an accompanying disclaimer stating the fax information cannot be shared with any other party w/o patient's written consent
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability

39. making known - or using information relating to the private life or affairs of a person without their approval or permission
Invasion of Privacy Publishing
Permission
a service company that recieves electronic or paper claims from the provider - checks and prepares them for processing - and transmits them in HIPAA-complaint format to the correct carriers
Electronic transmission

40. Ethics
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS; established national standards for HIPAA) - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS; enforce insurance portability and transaction/code set requirements) - Office for Civil Rights (OCR; enfor
Firewalls

41. Treatment means that a health care provider can provide care; payment means that a provider can disclose PHI to be reimbursed; health care operations refers to HIPAA approved activities and transactions.
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information
testimony under oath

42. Clearinghouse
malpractice
a service company that recieves electronic or paper claims from the provider - checks and prepares them for processing - and transmits them in HIPAA-complaint format to the correct carriers
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available

43. interrogatory
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS; established national standards for HIPAA) - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS; enforce insurance portability and transaction/code set requirements) - Office for Civil Rights (OCR; enfor
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control

44. Reportable diseases...
Encryption
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
must be reported to authorities by law
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts

45. Who regulates HIPAA?
Covered transactions
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
U.S. goverment

46. A written document detailing a health care provider's privacy practices.
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)

47. General exceptions for releasing patient information
Portability
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)
Minimum necessary
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts

48. Key entities
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS; established national standards for HIPAA) - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS; enforce insurance portability and transaction/code set requirements) - Office for Civil Rights (OCR; enfor
Tort
malpractice
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)

49. Electronic exchanges of information between two covered-entity business partners using HIPAA mandated transaction standards.
Covered transactions
Duty; duty of care - Derelict; breach of the duty of care - Direct cause; legally recognizable injury occurs as a result of breach of care - Damage; wrongful activity must have been the cause
Covered entities
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation

50. Includes records maintained by or for a covered entity.
Designated record set
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
Electronic transmission