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1. Statue of limitations
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
false and malicious writing about another
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability

2. Civil law
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
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.
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control

3. Subpoenas
Portability
security rule
U.S. goverment
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.

4. Medical records can be released w/o consent to...
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
Limited data set
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions
Standard

5. Privacy Officer
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
illegal touching of another person
Malfeasance
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order

6. If a states privacy laws are stricter than HIPAA privacy standards - the state laws take precedence.
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
Security
Individually Identifiable Health Information
State preemption

7. Protecting healthcare coverage for employees who change jobs - allowing them to continue existing plans with a new employer.
regular - in a secure location
Portability
Notice of Privacy Practices
Malfeasance

8. Reportable diseases...
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
must be reported to authorities by law
Ethical
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control

9. Sending information over electronic networks.
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.
Electronic transmission
Standard
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training

10. Criminal law
Electronic Protected Health Information
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
law concerned with public wrongs against society
U.S. goverment

11. The use of uniform electronic network protocols to transfer business information between organizations.
Verification
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
Electronic data interchange
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations

12. Business Associate Agreements applies to...
Permission
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and 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
Tort

13. Who regulates HIPAA?
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
U.S. goverment
regular - in a secure location
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently

14. Transmission of information between two parties fro financial or administrative activities.
Transaction
security rule
Covered entities
Verification

15. Statutory
Individually Identifiable Health Information
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
located in a secured and private space

16. 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
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control
Tort
Privacy

17. Coded information that can't be read until is decoded.
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
Encryption
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research

18. Title I of HIPAA
regular - in a secure location
Prohibits discrimination preventing indiviualds with physical or mental disabilities or chronic illness - from accessing public services & accomodations. Employers requires 'reasonable accommodation' be provided so they can perform duties.
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
Patient rights under HIPAA

19. Disclosure without Consent
Electronic transmission
Portability
although medical records are confidential - there are times when they can be released w/o a patient consent.
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

20. Verify the identification of anyone requesting patient information.
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
security rule
Notice of Privacy Practices
Verification

21. TPO
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
Firewalls
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.
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations

22. Includes records maintained by or for a covered entity.
Patient rights under HIPAA
Designated record set
Covered entities
Individually Identifiable Health Information

23. Titile II of HIPAA
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)
false and malicious writing about another

24. Protected health information from which certain patient identifiers have been removed
Limited data set
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?

25. EPHI
Limited data set
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)
Electronic Protected Health Information
De-Identified Information

26. Misfeasance
U.S. goverment
it must have an accompanying disclaimer stating the fax information cannot be shared with any other party w/o patient's written consent
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
Portability

27. Under some circumstances ...
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
Encryption
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently

28. Releasing patient information
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions

29. Professional Negligence
malpractice
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
Regulations
Code sets

30. Fax machines
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
regular - in a secure location
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information

31. A reason for each use and disclosure of patient information.
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
Permission
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
Electronic transmission

32. In order for a fax document to be HIPAA compliant...

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33. Freedom from unauthorized intrusion
Electronic transmission
Privacy
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order
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

34. Deposition
State preemption
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
U.S. goverment
testimony under oath

35. NPP
regular - in a secure location
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.
Encryption

36. Guidelines and standards made by government agencies and licensing boards that have the authority to enforce compliance
Regulations
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
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control

37. Unlawful act done without permission.
Electronic data interchange
State preemption
Malfeasance
Invasion of Privacy Publishing

38. Negligence
Electronic transmission
illegal touching of another person
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents

39. Patient records are _____________ so not all staff will have access.
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
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
need to know

40. 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
security rule
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
Patient rights under HIPAA

41. Federal law protects patient records dealing with...
Prohibits discrimination preventing indiviualds with physical or mental disabilities or chronic illness - from accessing public services & accomodations. Employers requires 'reasonable accommodation' be provided so they can perform duties.
substance abuse treatment
Individually Identifiable Health Information
Electronic transmission

42. Slander
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
patient discharges doctor with letter - doctor formally withdraws from patient with a certified letter or patient no longer needs treatment
Standard
Encryption

43. The computer screen should have a screensaver that...
Covered entities
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
malpractice

44. Gunshot wound - child abuse - infectious diseases - required by law - law enforcement purposes.
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
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training

45. Fax Machines and HIPAA
Electronic transmission
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security

46. Implied contract
Limited data set
Patient Identifiable Information
Malfeasance
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words

47. Medical records used for health care research

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48. General exceptions for releasing patient information
Firewalls
regular - in a secure location
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)

49. PII
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
Patient Identifiable Information
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.
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.

50. HIPAA
patient discharges doctor with letter - doctor formally withdraws from patient with a certified letter or patient no longer needs treatment
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (passed by congress because of portability problems - also to protect PHI)
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

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