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HIPAA
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1. Fax machines
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
substance abuse treatment
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
De-Identified Information
2. A written document detailing a health care provider's privacy practices.
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
law concerned with public wrongs against society
patient discharges doctor with letter - doctor formally withdraws from patient with a certified letter or patient no longer needs treatment
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
3. Policies and procedures use to protect electronic information from unauthorized access
Security
Patient
substance abuse treatment
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation
4. Implied consent
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
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.
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
5. What information do patients NOT have access to?
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
Ethical
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
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
6. Slander
Electronic transmission
Privacy
Electronic data interchange
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
7. Titile II of HIPAA
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
Health Information
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
Malfeasance
8. Common law
Regulations
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
Code sets
Covered transactions
9. Criminal law
law concerned with public wrongs against society
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
Covered transactions
Standard
10. Unlawful act done without permission.
Code sets
safeguards health & wealthfare of Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries & protect program integrity
Malfeasance
need to know
11. Some state laws specifically protect __________. A patient would need to sign a specific request.
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
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
12. Patient records are _____________ so not all staff will have access.
Tort
need to know
Minimum necessary
Encryption
13. Reportable diseases...
security rule
Electronic transmission
De-Identified Information
must be reported to authorities by law
14. Disclosure without Consent
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.
Electronic data interchange
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
15. Advanced directives
regular - in a secure location
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
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
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
16. Any set of codes use to encode health care data elements.
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
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
Code sets
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)
17. Includes records maintained by or for a covered entity.
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.
Regulations
Designated record set
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
18. 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.
De-Identified Information
Examples of PHI
Electronic data interchange
it must have an accompanying disclaimer stating the fax information cannot be shared with any other party w/o patient's written consent
19. Confidentiality
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20. DII
De-Identified Information
Limited data set
Permission
patient discharges doctor with letter - doctor formally withdraws from patient with a certified letter or patient no longer needs treatment
21. Any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
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
regular - in a secure location
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
Tort
22. Implied contract
U.S. goverment
Rule
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
Malfeasance
23. Protecting healthcare coverage for employees who change jobs - allowing them to continue existing plans with a new employer.
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
Portability
24. The limited amount of patient information to be disclosed - depending on circumstances.
regular - in a secure location
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
Individually Identifiable Health Information
Minimum necessary
25. If a states privacy laws are stricter than HIPAA privacy standards - the state laws take precedence.
Patient Identifiable Information
State preemption
must be reported to authorities by law
security rule
26. What are the 3 purposes of HIPAA?
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
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
Designated record set
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
27. Releasing patient information
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
Examples of PHI
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions
28. 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
Any information that would identify a patient (name - add - tele - DOB - SSN - email - med. rec. number - etc)
security rule
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
29. IIHI
Individually Identifiable Health Information
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information
30. Disabilities act
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31. 4d's of negligence
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
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
need to know
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
32. Uniform anotomical gift act
Limited data set
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)
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
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation
33. HI
Health Information
Electronic Protected Health Information
Firewalls
U.S. goverment
34. Under some circumstances ...
De-Identified Information
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
regular - in a secure location
35. Good samaritan law
Ethical
Minimum necessary
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
36. The computer screen should have a screensaver that...
Malfeasance
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
Firewalls
Ethical
37. HIPAA states...
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
38. A reason for each use and disclosure of patient information.
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
Covered entities
Permission
39. Title I of HIPAA
Standard
malpractice
Rule
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
40. Who regulates HIPAA?
Permission
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.
must be reported to authorities by law
U.S. goverment
41. HIPAA
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
State preemption
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control
42. Coded information that can't be read until is decoded.
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
located in a secured and private space
Encryption
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
43. 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.
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
substance abuse treatment
Ethical
44. Medical records used for health care research
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45. Bioethics
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
false and malicious writing about another
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
46. A general HIPAA requirement
Standard
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
false and malicious writing about another
47. Professional Negligence
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
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
Patient rights under HIPAA
malpractice
48. Misfeasance
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
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
49. The use of uniform electronic network protocols to transfer business information between organizations.
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
Electronic data interchange
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)
50. Federal law protects patient records dealing with...
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
substance abuse treatment
must be reported to authorities by law
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties