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HIPAA

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1. Slander
Electronic Protected Health Information
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
Invasion of Privacy Publishing
Rule

2. 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
Electronic transmission
Limited data set
need to know

3. Statue of limitations
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
need to know
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
a contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words

4. Reportable diseases...
Tort
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
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
must be reported to authorities by law

5. Data must be backed up at ___________ and those back-up files should be stored ________.
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.
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA
Notice of Privacy Practices
regular - in a secure location

6. DII
Code sets
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
De-Identified Information
Encryption

7. What are the 3 purposes of HIPAA?
Malfeasance
Insurance portability - administrative simplification - privacy and security
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.
also called biomedical ethics - the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research

8. Ethics
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
testimony under oath
law concerned with public wrongs against society
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability

9. Any set of codes use to encode health care data elements.
Code sets
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
safeguards health & wealthfare of Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries & protect program integrity

10. Clearinghouse
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 contract that comes about from the actions of the parties rather than words
Designated record set
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.

11. Policies and procedures use to protect electronic information from unauthorized access
Security
Standard
Covered transactions
Malfeasance

12. 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
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
Designated record set

13. Who regulates HIPAA?
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
law concerned with public wrongs against society
U.S. goverment
Firewalls

14. Confidentiality

15. All persons who will have access are required to...
law that permits a person w/ a legal age and sound mind to give their body to donation
State preemption
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties

16. Conforming to proper professional behavior
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
Ethical
law concerned with public wrongs against society

17. De-Identified Information
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
Medical data from which individual identifiers have been removed; also known as a redacted or blinded record.
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
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.

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.
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
U.S. goverment
Electronic Protected Health Information
Examples of PHI

19. Doctor release of patient
Ethical
patient discharges doctor with letter - doctor formally withdraws from patient with a certified letter or patient no longer needs treatment
same legal standards apply to all patient records whether on paper or computer
Code sets

20. 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.
Health Information
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
Notice of Privacy Practices

21. Negligence
Electronic data interchange
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

22. Electronic exchanges of information between two covered-entity business partners using HIPAA mandated transaction standards.
Covered transactions
treatment - payment - & healthcare operations
Transaction
State preemption

23. Emancipated minors

24. The limited amount of patient information to be disclosed - depending on circumstances.
security rule
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
Minimum necessary
Electronic data interchange

25. A written document detailing a health care provider's privacy practices.
Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
Limited data set
U.S. goverment
malpractice

26. What information do patients NOT have access to?
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
Psychotherapy notes - information for legal proceedings - information exempted from disclosure under CLIA
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
improper performance of an otherwise lawful act. civil

27. Title I of HIPAA
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA
substance abuse treatment
Firewalls
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs

28. Protected Health Information (PHI)
Limited data set
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability
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
Any information that would identify a patient (name - add - tele - DOB - SSN - email - med. rec. number - etc)

29. IIHI
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)
Individually Identifiable Health Information
patient discharges doctor with letter - doctor formally withdraws from patient with a certified letter or patient no longer needs treatment

30. Federal law protects patient records dealing with...
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
substance abuse treatment
Examples of PHI
must be reported to authorities by law

31. Coded information that can't be read until is decoded.
substance abuse treatment
Encryption
malpractice
Individually Identifiable Health Information

32. Hardware or software designed to prevent unauthorized access to electronic information.
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.
Firewalls
the philosophical study of moral values and rules - conducts
Tort

33. Professional Negligence
Covered transactions
malpractice
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit

34. Transmission of information between two parties fro financial or administrative activities.
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
malpractice
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
Transaction

35. Some state laws specifically protect __________. A patient would need to sign a specific request.
comes on after a few idle seconds and the use of a privacy screen should be mandatory
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
substance abuse treatment
illegal touching of another person

36. Gunshot wound - child abuse - infectious diseases - required by law - law enforcement purposes.
What types of disclosures do not require patient permission?
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
should only be used when no other - more secure mode of transmission is available
Electronic transmission

37. Civil law
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
substance abuse treatment
concerns noncriminal disputes between private parties
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions

38. Good samaritan law
Examples of PHI
substance abuse treatment
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
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.

39. Subpoenas
Malfeasance
state laws setting time limit for bringing a lawsuit
A court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain date time and reason. A medical record could be subpoenaed.
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

40. Fax Machines and HIPAA
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order
in order to maintain patient confidentiality - fax machines must be kept in areas not accessible to patients.
individuals in their mid- to late teens who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control
addresses portability of insurance coverage when employees change or lose their jobs

41. Battery
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
it must have an accompanying disclaimer stating the fax information cannot be shared with any other party w/o patient's written consent
illegal touching of another person
Limited data set

42. A reason for each use and disclosure of patient information.
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
Examples of PHI
Permission
false charges and malicious oral statements about someone

43. Titile II of HIPAA
should never be released w/o a patient's signed consent or court order
have a unique password and it should be changed frequently
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
concerned with mostly with h/c providers. It addresses fraud and abuse - administrative simplification and medical liability

44. HIPAA states...
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information
Patient rights under HIPAA
Minimum necessary
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information

45. Freedom from unauthorized intrusion
it must have an accompanying disclaimer stating the fax information cannot be shared with any other party w/o patient's written consent
The body of laws made by states is their own statutory laws
failure to act with the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Privacy

46. interrogatory
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)
Regulations
Electronic data interchange

47. If a states privacy laws are stricter than HIPAA privacy standards - the state laws take precedence.
generally only patient can auth release of own medical record - there are a few exceptions
judge made law from decisions of a court - interpretation of constitution and statuatory law - often known as precedents
only those who meed to know should have access to patient information
State preemption

48. General exceptions for releasing patient information
parent of a minor - legal guardian - Agent (patient selected on behalf in h/c power of attorney)
Covered entities
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
Treatment - payment and health care operations (TPO)

49. The person recieving treatment
state law that protects healthcare professionals from liability when they provide emergency assistance/services within their scope of training
purpose - pride - patience - persistence - perspective
Patient
a minor - rather than the parent - must sign the release of patient information

50. 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
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
Electronic data interchange
Patient rights under HIPAA
may be disclosed to public health agencies - patient identifiers are removed so it's covered by HIPAA